Runaway Train (1985)
- Directed by
- Andrei Konchalovsky
- Genre
- drama film, action film, adventure film, prison film, thriller film, survival film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 662 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two convicts escape from a harsh Alaskan prison and end up trapped on a speeding train with no brakes. Along with a train worker, they must survive the cold and the accelerating locomotive as it races toward disaster.
tensebleakrelentlessclaustrophobicdesperatesuspensefulgrimvisceral
What happens
Runaway Train is a 1985 American action thriller film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky and starring Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay and John P. Ryan. The screenplay by Djordje Milicevic, Paul Zindel and Edward Bunker was based on an original 1960s screenplay by Akira Kurosawa, with uncredited contributions by frequent Kurosawa collaborators Hideo Oguni and Ryūzō Kikushima. The film was also the feature debut of both Danny Trejo and Tommy "Tiny" Lister, who both proceeded to successful careers as "tough guy" character actors. Kurosawa intended the original screenplay to be his first color film following Red Beard, but difficulties with the American financial backers led to its being shelved. The story concerns two escaped convicts and an assistant locomotive driver who are stuck on a runaway train as it barrels through snowy desolate Alaska. Voight and Roberts were both nominated for Academy Awards. Runaway Train received generally positive reviews from critics but was a box office disappointment. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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