Review of Runaway Train

Runaway Train (I) (1985)
7/10
Absorbing character study plus great effects.
22 July 2002
Based on R1 DVD 112 min.

While some of the acting is either ultra realistic or ham fisted c.f. scenes in the switching office once the cameras switch to the leads the story starts to take off.

The action is gripping because the characters; and our connection with them; give it more meaning than any big budget Hollywood SFX gizmos. Voight surpasses himself as the; perhaps; insane escapee to which Roberts provides an effective foil. The ending deserves some thought to tease out it's real meaning.

7/10 well worth watching.
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