Train

"You're in for a hell of a ride."

2008 1h 34m EN

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5.3

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★5.3TMDB · 221

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Synopsis

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After a night of wild partying and missing their train, the group of students is invited to board another which happens to be heading their way. Once on board, members of the team begin to go missing, and their would-be saviors claim to have no idea what could have happened to them... When they discover the truth, it is too late to escape and they must fight for their lives against their captors to put an end to their ride to hell.

“You're in for a hell of a ride.”

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Cast

Thora Birch
Alex
Gideon Emery
Willey
Gloria Votsis
Claire
Derek Magyar
Todd
Todd Jensen
Coach Harris
Mike Straub
Matthew Tibbs
Backpacker
Ivan Barnev
Gregor

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Gideon Raff
Writers: Gideon Raff
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Gideon Raff, shot by Martina Radwan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Michael Wandmacher. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Alain Jakubowicz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Thora Birch and Gideon Emery and Gloria Votsis carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "You're in for a hell of a ride.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1015474 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Gideon Raff directs. Martina Radwan behind the camera. Michael Wandmacher scores. Alain Jakubowicz cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 18 years ago.
2Directed by Gideon Raff, shot by Martina Radwan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Michael Wandmacher. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Alain Jakubowicz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Thora Birch and Gideon Emery and Gloria Votsis carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "You're in for a hell of a ride.".
7IMDB entry: tt1015474 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Martina Radwan
Original score: Michael Wandmacher
Editing: Alain Jakubowicz
Production design: Carlos Silva Da Silva
Costume design: Djanina Baykoucheva
Makeup / hair: Starr Jones
Stunt coordinator: Dian Hristov
Runtime: 94 min · 1h 34m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Train (2008)

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Wuchak2020-04-19
★ 7/10
The real “Horror Express” In Eastern Europe, members of a USA college wrestling team board a dubious train to Odessa, Ukraine. Unfortunately some of the staff has something in mind other than a train ride. Thora Birch and Gideon Emery stand out in the cast. “Train” (2008) combines “Hostel” (2005) or “Borderland” (2007) with “Transiberian” (2008) plus the Frankenstein-ian element of “Turistas” (2006) and “The X-Files: I Want to Believe” (2008). It’s basically “Transiberian” with the so-called ‘torture porn’ angle (‘torture porn’ being slasher/splatter flicks taken to the next level of extreme). Movies always amp-up reality to entertain or shock and "Train" takes advantage of the fear of being a foreigner in an Eastern Europe country, like Russia or Ukraine, and falling prey to sinister people named Boris, Ivan or Natasha. This should no more be offensive to people from Eastern Europe than "Deliverance" (1972) is offensive to people of the Deep South. To be expected in this type of movie, there are some unpleasant and even nasty elements, but that's intrinsic to the horror genre, and particularly this sub-genre: True horror flicks are supposed to horrify the viewer. Beyond that, this is basically a real-life adventure story that turns increasingly terrifying. On that basis, "Train" delivers the goods. The film runs 1 hour, 34 minutes, and was shot in Sofia, Bulgaria. GRADE: B

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