Last Passenger (2013) Online

Saw this as a preview at Pinewood Studios recently and was caught by surprise at how accomplished it is as a first movie. Director and co- screenwriter, Omid Nooshin has crafted an intelligent and genuinely suspenseful take on a (to be fair) not-so-original idea – the runaway train.

Populated by believable characters, the train journey gets underway and a clever introduction of the various relationships ensues. The number of passengers on board dwindles to an eclectic few, seemingly in real time, before this familiar and very British late train to Kent is invaded by the plot of a Hollywood Blockbuster. And this merger is the heart and soul of the piece – a 'what if?' scenario that sneaks out of nowhere, pulling the rug on what you thought you were watching.

If I had to level any major criticism it would be that the films ultimate ambitions are occasionally betrayed by its lack of budget, but don't let that put you off – a number of creative decisions were probably based around what couldn't be afforded and, in my opinion, are improved by the inability to throw lavish visual effects at the screen. What we are left with is a taut, claustrophobic thriller that's hard to second guess.

The film makers influences are easy to spot, the 'Dual' like scenario and the rattling interplay between a collection of disparate ('Jaws'- like) characters screams early Spielberg, whilst the slow build of simmering tension, as the reality of the situation takes hold, evokes the sensibilities of Hitchcock, as does the Herrmann-esque score. The setting doesn't stray from the confines of the train, which in a way becomes a character itself, although thankfully it never feels too static, nor becomes stale. This is a thriller that takes its time to present a credible realism – all the better so that when the brief flashes of chaos and action do erupt we are invested in the characters lives and the predicament they face becomes a life threatening battle for survival with, only too real, motive and consequence.

To reveal the details of some of the emotionally charged scenes would be remiss, save to say that Dougray Scott turns in a performance of restrained gravitas that recalls the promise of his earlier work. In fact the cast seem uniformly intent on selling the danger and urgency of the piece.

All in all, I found Last Passenger to be a thoroughly entertaining film that I'll be seeking out again when it's released on the big screen in the UK.

The widow Dr. Lewis Shaler (Dougray Scott) and his son Max (Joshua Kaynama) are traveling late night by train to London. Lewis will leave Max with his grandparents to attend victims of a great accident at the hospital where he works. When Max accidentally spills coffee on the coat of the promoter Sarah Barwell (Kara Tointon), Lewis is embarrassed and offers to pay for the cleaning of her coat. Soon they start a conversation and feel attracted for each other. When the train stops, Lewis sees a man on the track apparently fixing the brakes. When the trains moves, he sees another man crawling on the tracks. Lewis seeks out the train guard (Samuel Geker-Kawle) and finds that he is missing. Further, the train does not stop at the stations. He tries to contact the driver that asks how many passengers are still on board and nothing else. Lewis contacts the passengers Jan Klimowski (Iddo Goldberg), Peter Carmichael (David Schofield) and Elaine Middleton (Lindsay Duncan) and they team-up expecting to stop the train. Soon they conclude that the train has no brake and the driver is a suicidal. What will happen to them?

"Last Passenger" is a tense and effective low budget thriller. The story takes place in a train along 97 minutes running time and is never boring. The chemistry between Dougray Scott and the gorgeous Kara Tointon is amazing and their romance is pleasant to see. The conclusion is a little confused but this film is surprisingly good. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "O Último Passageiro" ("The Last Passenger")

From the start Last Passenger feels like the kind of suspense film you don't see any more. There is character development. And relationships I care about between the people on the train. I was really interested in how these strangers are getting along when along comes the threat. I still had The Birds on my mind and have always loved how the you get on the edge of your seat simply on the love interest alone, well before the birds start to attack. Versus something like Hostel where they rush to the danger, don't set up the characters, you don't care what happens to them, and you'd just like them to hurry up and live or die so you can go home. Last Passenger gets back to the Hitchcockian "build". I really liked Dougray Scott. I had only seen him in smaller roles but he totally owns this film. I also really like Kara Tointon who I hadn't seen before and I not sure why. She's great. Even the little boy is fantastic. He actually reminded me of the kid that played Danny in The Shining. Just a little less creepy. Anyway... good acting, cool story and a fun idea.

LAST PASSENGER is a British movie and a low-budget addition to the string of "single location" thrillers. In this one, a handful of passengers are stranded on an abandoned train at night, a train that's being driven by a man who may or may not be out of his mind. What ensues is reasonably good given the set-up, with plenty of suspense and low-rent heroics as those trapped try to work out a way to improve their situation.

One of the real strengths of LAST PASSENGER lies in the calibre of the cast members. Dougray Scott is a particularly dependable face when it comes to genre fare (such as the lacklustre DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS miniseries) and he acquits himself well with the family-man-turned-group-leader role here. Kara Tointon is little more than a pretty face, but there also decent turns from the reliable David Schofield and Lindsay Duncan. Newcomer Iddo Goldberg is a hoot as the volatile Pole who plays his own part in the proceedings.

A few elements of LAST PASSENGER are a little cheesy, such as some of the CGI effects, and there's a nod to UNDER SIEGE 2 at one point which destroys the carefully-maintained realism seen elsewhere. But for the most part this is gripping, tension-filled stuff and a film whose restraint works in its favour.

Lately I haven't been able to concentrate on most movies. I finally decided that I had seen so many films that my Netflix list had moved into second and third tier films. While "Last Passenger" isn't the be-all and end-all of action/adventure films, it was certainly entertaining and exciting.

Most of these types of films, including high-end James Bond movies, have pretty preposterous plots and action sequences. It's been pointed out that this film is very inaccurate as far as the mechanics of trains, the train stops on this particular line, and today's fail-safe mechanisms. The average person doesn't know that.

This is a wild film, highly improbable, and thrilling, with attractive stars Dougray Scott and Kara Toinin. The ruggedly-handsome Scott does a job as a loving father determined to protect his son, and Kara Toinin is both gorgeous and sympathetic. The two have great chemistry. Lindsay Duncan, whom I saw in person in Private Lives, is a marvelous actress. Though she has a small part here, she's wonderful and classy. I enjoyed all the acting, even if the little boy here is no Leonardo di Caprio in the making.

I get a little tired of people criticizing films as if, for instance, a movie like this is supposed to be Citizen Kane when it isn't. I don't understand taking a film apart frame by frame and criticizing it, unless, of course, it's a boring, horrid, pretentious film. However, no one seems to do that with boring, horrid, pretentious films. When I look at IMDb reviews, those are the films that are hailed as "classics" that "demand multiple viewings." Well, David Lynch movies might demand multiple viewings, but others don't -- by me, anyway, since often I can't through five minutes of them. Sometimes it's enough that a film is fast moving, entertaining. where one cares about the characters.

So there, I liked it. Chacun à son goût.

There is nothing wrong with this movie and it's a darned sight better than many others out there. Good acting, excellent FX (for it's low budget), good suspense, explosions, interesting characters - a love story & a cute kid. What more do people want?

I really don't understand the angry hate being thrown at that poor child actor - guys, he's a 7 year old CHILD! ROFL Are you expecting an Oscar- worthy performance? I actually think he did an outstanding job and was very believable unlike many of the Hollywood child-faves who so often come across as way too adult and precocious to convince me.

As for all the high-horse comments about the accuracy of certain details - come on... really? Personally I couldn't give a hoot about what trains run where or how railway couplings really work and know nothing about London's train service or how far things are from other things in jolly old England. If you do then congratulations, you know stuff I don't. But it doesn't really matter in the slightest for this movie and viewers like me don't know or care. It's fiction, roll with it, I don't know of any movie that's 100% believable or factual, not even documentaries.

Anyway - if you're looking for a light thriller that's well produced and a little different rent it and enjoy. It's not the greatest thriller ever made but it's not a bad little flick.

I have just watched this movie and although it's never going to be a classic I considered it a perfectly good watch for its 1hr 36 minutes. The premise of the movie is not original nor is the progression right through to the end but as a complete movie it delivers most respectfully. Naturally you will get the anorak geeks on here slating the movie for technical inaccuracies but if I wanted to know the exact workings of a train I'd not have any friends and sit on a train platform with a Thermos of tea and a note pad like these 'Billy-No-Mates' do. For normal people I want to just be immersed in a film for 1.5 hours. I thought the acting was OK and contrary to one reviewer from Bermuda, Dougray Scott's voice is clear and not a mumble, nor is is it a strange accent. Typical of someone not from the UK thinking all Scots should sound like either Billy Connolly or Mrs Doubtfire! Yes I sound like Dick Van Dyke from Mary Poppins because I come from London! All in all a good film to pass an afternoon with.

Absolutely astonishing. There is craft and there is thought behind this movie. Trouble is action viewers will not find it good enough. It is slow and reading other reviews, I get their frustrations about silly inconsistencies that only matter in action films.

There's the rub, it's not an action pic. It is a contemplation on mortality. Serious viewers will pass it over as silly, but any time the critics like an action picture so much more than the ordinary reviewers, you should know to whom it will appeal.

Please see this film if you like to consider weighty subjects like death and the meaning of life after someone you love dies. See it if you have ever felt like your life is metaphorically a speeding train sabotaged by a suicidal driver careening to an immortality of tabloid fame. Hell just see it if you don't mind the silly action bits, explosions and a handful of dead people. And just remember they would have all died anyway and there are no refunds.

One of the nicest movies I've seen lately. All I can say is that I don't understand why this great movie is under rated. It should deserve a higher rating, in my opinion. It is exciting, full of suspense, great acting and a good script, keeps you wondering all the time. You keep thinking about who is responsible,someone appears strange, then someone else, and so on. A very unusual situation is presented, one that could actually happen to you and it makes you wonder. What would I do? It also has some comedy, some romance, not to mention plenty of action. And of course, suspense. In all, I think you will enjoy it. Absolutely worth your time.

PLOT

Lewis Shaler (Dougray Scott) is a busy doctor and a single father. On his way home with his toddler son he checks into the last train to London where he meets an cute stranger (Kara Tointon). They start feeling attracted to one another but the fling does not last long. As the train does not reach its destination, the emergency brakes seem not to work and with no travel attendant in sight a few passengers start sensing evil. A suicidal madman has taken control of the train planning to crash into sure death, killing everyone aboard with him. Will the passengers be able to escape their fate?

REVIEW

Revisiting the better horror flicks of decades gone, it's quite obvious many have been made by young directors without large portions of previous directing chops. Especially within the boundaries of the horror genre a trend switching focus from commercial mainstream fare to financially modest independent productions is in effect. And this isn't necessarily a bad thing. LAST PASSENGER, under review here, also is one of those spirited efforts brought to life without millions of Dollars but nevertheless presenting the guts enough to push the audience's needle deep into the red. Director slash co-writer OMID NOOSHIN, last ploughing the fields of the short film, uses his first feature film to prove that minimalist storytelling and a handful of well written and executed ideas suffice to manufacture a nerve wrecking piece of thriller cinema. Presumably British producer UK FILM COUNCIL (THE IRON LADY, MY WEEK WITH MARILYN) had the same impression and took care of the financial side.

LAST PASSENGER has the spectator witness the helpless interactions of a group of panic stricken travellers doing their utmost to regain control of the train gone high speed coffin and prevent it from killing everybody. Director OMID NOOSHIN tries his best, sticking to a realist approach. Sure, in the beginning the people aboard fall victim to ye olde behavioural patterns seen in many a genre trip before but over the course of the film the plot takes a healthy turn and the rare occurrence of an ensemble cast without a total jerk in their midst can be spotted. The passengers' behaviour seems fully understandable, their actions are depicted authentically to a degree which has the spectator go introspect and question his or her own possible ways when facing the desperate and nightmarish scenario of THE LAST PASSENGER. Even when taking into account the not all too new basic idea of the movie and the certain amount of time the film takes to equip the characters with the mental tools needed to solve the problems posed, NOOSHIN easily manages to conjure an atmosphere of claustrophobia which perfectly emphasizes the basic mood of the movie. It is not the lack of space in the train building tension, it's the desperation and helplessness among the group of protagonists who seem to be clueless how to stop the train. For those who – especially towards the film's adrenaline rush middle part - can't bear staring at the damned doing what they can to undock the wagons: Of course the film manoeuvres towards a happy end.

However, before the soothing credits roll, film fans will be part of a grade A suspense thrill ride. If you fancy entertaining thriller cinema this one's for you. Thrills lightly marred by budgetary restrictions but flawlessly put to film. Especially regarding the debut factor.

So hop in, next stop: LAST PASSENGER. Have a great ride!

THE BOTTOM LINE:

Sweat-inducing suspense fare, not for the faint of heart. A film for moviegoers who dig impeccably directed pieces employing a gradual increasing of thrills by the minute. Surprisingly good independent cinema!

Dougray Scott is a fantastic actor and I always look out for him in films (check out new town killers in which he is mesmeric). So this film stayed above average - just - due to his presence. aside from that it is an average thriller, not edge of your seat stuff (train or otherwise) but definitely worth a view if there's nothing else doing. i think it is unfair to mark this down anymore and anyone who totally disses this film does not realise how many truly poor movies there are out there and this is definitely not one of them. Think "Speed" without the gorgeousness of keanu or sandra nor the mental insanity of denis hopper at his best. So if you can get over that, you should be fairly entertained. The direction and pacing is good, the characterisation is also above average.

I was bought this as a fun gift from a pound shop and did not think it would be up to much but my wife and I thought we would give it a try one night. So pleased we did as its very enjoyable gripping drama, it had some great character build up at the start and from then the tension built to a good climax.

I thought the camera angles was excellent (like a scene with someone battering a door and the camera followed each ram) and the effects were spot on without being to over the top.

On the whole a really enjoyable movie with good acting its just a shame a movie like this is not as well received as some of the big Hollywood movies that are sometimes a huge let-down. I think this movie should have had more publicity when released as I had not heard of it before and its such a shame to not see a movie as good as this do better.

"Last Passenger" begins with a doctor (Dougray Scott) and his son (Joshua Kaynama) getting on a train in England. They soon strike up a conversation with a very lovely young lady (Kara Tointon) and it really looks like it's going to be a romance film. You like the people and hope that they'll hook up by the end of the movie. But in a great case of misdirection, the film has other plans! Soon the doctor gets a call from the hospital—they need him as soon as possible and he'll have to drop off the boy at his grandparents. But it's still a while until they get to his stop and he's obviously tired, so the nice lady tells him to take a nap—she'll watch the boy. Again, here is a nice case of misdirection—the lady is NOT a serial killer or kidnapper. Instead, the surprise comes later, after the doctor awakens. His stop is nearing but he notices that almost all the passengers are gone and the train is NOT stopping at the stations! Soon it becomes apparent that the train is either unmanned or some crazy person is hurtling the train towards oblivion. And, the few passengers aboard and the people outside the train seem unable to do anything—as the train is a diesel and is racing towards the end of the line. What's next? See this film for yourself.

As I mentioned above, although the story is simple, there are some nice cases of misdirection—which I really appreciated. Additionally, although I didn't recognize any of these actors, for relative unknowns they sure did great. I particularly liked Scott—he was nice looking but no pretty boy and did a very nice job in the lead. In fact, all the actors (including Iddo Goldberg, David Schofield and Lindsay Duncan) were excellent and having 'normal' faces in these parts instead of big-name stars was a plus, as it made the film seem a lot more realistic. As for the direction and cinematography, these were big pluses—and you wonder HOW they managed to make the film in such a confined set, as ALL but the final seconds of the film are aboard a train. Finally, the music was great—and really helped create a tense mood throughout. Overall, an exciting film that I hope gets wide distribution, as it really deserves to be seen.

I have read some of the other reviews and it's true, if you want to look at the reality in such a situation then the movie falls badly short. Yes, there are many ways the train could be slowed and stopped by outsiders, and yes, some of what went on was not realistic, and yes, there are technical things which a rail-enthusiast pedant would object to.

However, I found it thoroughly enjoyable and at times edge-of-seat. That's what's great about this movie. It made the most of its small budget to give a result which is well above par.

I've seen movies on ten or more times the budget that require a lobotomy to enjoy, so this is well deserving of a nine out of ten.

Yeah, I've hunted these "one filming location/only few actors" kind of movies lately and this ABSOLUTELY fits in nicely in this category.

I actually doesn't care about plots in this kind of movies, but I must say that, there still COULD be something else in the movie. Maybe something more at the beginning and in the end. Little subplot would be nice. And to be honest, I don't like the idea of driver and his thoughts being unrevealed.

I think those are the reason why this got 7/10 from me. The rest of the film was fantastic! The nice and calm atmosphere before the panic starts fade in and you really start to get thrilled. Even though this is quite "boring" movie. The atmosphere build up nicely and doesn't actually fall flat at any point, which is understandable of course.

I liked it. No plots or anything behind this but still movie is nicely executed. I recommend if you're liking real thrillers (and solid plot is not relevant).

The people who made Last Passenger are clearly fans of classic thrillers and have studied the form of their art. The direction, casting and acting are excellent. The look of the film and the level of special effects is impressive, considering the budget. And what a great score! I haven't heard a soundtrack for a thriller this good in decades. IMHO, it's the single best thing about this film.

I liked all the characters. I was not bothered, as some other reviewers were, by the absence of any attempt to explain the bad guy's motives. Do we ever understand the motives of these monsters? The writers made the decision to make him simply a malevolent force, and I have no problem with that. It's sufficient that he does what he does. I was with this film and on board for the ride from the start.

Unfortunately, the script has a common earmark of films written and directed by the same person: The plot just isn't good enough. There are several junctures in the story where a director would have told the writer (had they been two separate people), "You've got to do better than this." Instead, I'm guessing he said to himself, "I'll direct this so well that no one will notice."

Well, we did notice. We noticed that the female lead, as appealing as she is, is given nothing to do in the A story except babysit. We noticed that (as one of the other reviewers here put it) the grandmother character's sole function appears to be to die (after some babysitting). The actresses in this film were really given thankless roles (except when they're thanked for babysitting). And yes, we did notice that, in the end, the main character's solution to his problem is simply to jump from the train (moving at about 90 m.p.h). And he lives! Somehow. Because . . he's the protagonist?

Not good enough.

A thriller like this runs on a series of escalating dilemmas and solutions. The dilemmas must be dire (which the filmmakers managed). The solutions have to be a few degrees cleverer than any of us would come up with in the moment. This is especially true in a thriller with a premise we've seen more than a few times. The writers are obligated to come up with at least one solution that is smarter than the solutions presented in all of those other runaway train stories that came before theirs. And they did come up with one such solution--the fire and fire-extinguisher idea of blowing up the deck between train cars so that they can access the coupling. It stretched credulity a little bit, but at least it was clever. And original. Bravo!

Unfortunately, that's followed by the really lame solution of just jumping from the speeding train--which is what was left with the audience as the credits rolled.

It just falls short. Heh. Kind of like a couple of characters at the climax.

I like movies about trains, but this one might change my mind about riding on one in the future.... Last Passenger reminds me of movies like, "The taking of Pelham 123" and "The Cassandra Crossing", although the story in this is somewhat different, the similarity is being helplessly captive on a train.

A small cast of characters and a tight script. All set on a train ride to perceived oblivion. It is almost claustrophobic at times, but the story moves as swiftly as the train. I liked the way the characters evolved to reveal themselves..their strengths and weaknesses make this story work.

I suppose it is a movie where you ask yourself "what would you do?" The movie is one hell of a ride of terror and emotion.... Great actors, great direction and atmosphere.. A must see for sure.

Without giving anything away and me being a stickler for reality even in the most unrealistic of movies this runaway train would have fallen into the English Channel by the time the passengers did their stuff.

Before the film gets going (between London and Tunbridge Wells)a journey that takes less than an hour and they have had a few good kips in between like they are crossing Canada instead of south east England! And where did they get this train??? Never seen any rolling stock like that in the UK.

And not one person from BTP or Network Rail or BR seemed to notice the train was a runaway. Thoroughly daft movie.

Starting Dougray Scott Tsp is a well made film from start to finish it was handled extremely well.the concept is old but presented in a superb manner.

if you can get what i typed one my title summary you know what i mean about this film.

i saw this film few weeks back in Pakistan on May 15 i guess its not released yet in other countries like USA.Singapore & others till 13 august as IMDb says i guess.critics are waiting to grab this movie but ill say that this is purely a audience entertainer.

plot is about some passengers takes train back home but someone has other plans for everyone on board.lewis suspicion rises on driver as hes traveling with his son.

what i like in movies is story buildup & how it takes itself to the climax, director Omid Nooshin did the best here & surpassed expectations.this film runs on full suspense & drama with characters suspecting each other when i saw the climax it blew me away its not your usual nonsense Hollywood film its got a very different ending.

the cast includes Dougray Scott(Mi2) now what can i say about him he was amazing as always,Kara Tointon was great addition its the first film i saw of her will look out her films from now on other cast members did good job with their characters.dialogs & chemistry was fine here

id say if you want to enjoy any film then please don't look at critics reviews they ruin a film.this is a well made film of 2013 low budget & shows great talent,there is some action at the end but i saw a different poster of this film with Scott running with a revolver it was misleading,its a age of new movies somehow the team manged to do something that many other filmmakers failed to do so,its this types of films when i see & then i want more of this stuff because of no antagonist & protagonist theme involved it gets named a genre of its own one of a kind id say.movies like unstoppable & under siege 2 are quite similar popular b movies.

my rating is 10/10 all points i am honest here.i enjoyed it i saw die hard 5 & its was quite weird what they have done to that franchise, i am not saying that it will give a push to Dougray Scott's acting career but its still a nice addition for fans.

overall last passenger provides great entertainment & takes a name in my list of good suspense films.wins me over & i loved it.go for this because its recommended

As amazing as it seems, Britain has managed to churn out a B-movies that doesn't include a single zombie, no (middle-class actors playing) cockney gangsters and not a reel of found footage in sight. Instead, what we have here is a kind of 'Speed' film.

Dougray Scott plays a single father, who's taking his young son on the train just before Christmas. Unfortunately for him and the handful of passengers left on board (including the single female of appropriate age who just so happens to find single fathers REALLY attractive), the train refuses to stop and they must work out a way of getting off before it smashes into whatever there is at the end of train tracks in Britain (a wall of spikes, perhaps? I don't actually know).

So, what you have is a reasonably passable British thriller, which, at some points, manages to hit the right notes. The train is a familiar setting (at least for us Brits, anyway) and so makes a relatable place (plus I'm guessing it was a pretty cheap set for the film-makers). However, unlike Keanu Reeves' classic action movie, where the bus couldn't slow down and was in perilous danger at every turn, the train just stays on the tracks. Effectively, the few passengers left on board could just sit around in relative comfort for most of the movie, only really needing to figure out a way of getting off five minutes before the end. Therefore, you have a fair amount of time where they're doing just that.

The other downside is the kid. Yes, I know kids in films get a bad name, but this one really isn't that good. Luckily, he's not in it that much, but when he is you'll wish he wasn't.

Overall, not bad for a film on the cheap. If you're bored of zombies, gangsters and found footage B-movies you may enjoy this one (just don't dwell on the slightly dodgy computer special effects when the train catches fire).

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The Last Passenger is something of an oddity. I welcome the fact that it's not another zombie or plastic cockney gangsters film. The idea is quite intriguing and if it had been handled correctly then this might have been an enjoyable thriller. This is not to say The Last Passenger is a bad film but it certainly isn't a good one.

Dougray Scott is a very under-rated actor who I feel is always watchable and he is a solid lead here, but there isn't much for him to get his teeth into.

Reality contestant and lads mag favourite Kara Tointon is the latest blonde of the moment to try her hand at acting. She is OK early on but is clearly out of her depth as the story progresses. I suppose its inevitable that low budget independent movies will employ "celebrities" to get funding but its a shame they let down the project's ambitions.

I enjoyed the leisurely pacing at the start, the time devoted to setting up the characters and the wait for it all To Go Wrong. But when it does the pacing remains very slow, which, combined with the somewhat abstract nature of the threat means the movie drags.

I applaud the film makers for trying something different but would urge them not to proceed before the script is tighter.

The Last Passenger feels like a TV movie and it feels the kind of thing that would turn up on Channel Five one afternoon. Wait for it on TV.

There are mentions of the train crashing into the buffers at Hastings. There are no buffers at Hastings - it is a through station.

If there is no air pressure in the braking system, the train will come to a stop- whether air-braked or vacuum braked.

The train is a four coach train. There are no four coach diesel trains on Network Southeast/ Southern Railway. So it must be electric and in the dark pictures it look like a 4-CIG electric unit.

There is no pin in a buck-eye coupling. The coupling is a clasp under tension and so cannot be uncoupled while the train is in motion.

A conversation occurs in the passenger compartment when the train is travelling at 100 mph, but all the actors are sitting completely still - in a Southern Railway Electrical Multiple Unit !

Finally, the film was set in 2013. By that time SPAD (Signal Passed at Danger) technology was in effect across the BR Network so the train would have been stopped automatically when it failed to stop at Tonbridge.

In addition the dialogue was crap and in my view it had no convincing story line, was technically inaccurate and got nowhere near the icon of the genre (IMHO) - The Taking of Pelham 123.

Don't go and see this film

We are directed thru this shambles from the perspective of a doctor who is in a hurry to get to his place of work. He has a son and meets an attractive female on a train. Other stereotypical characters are introduced to raise our suspicions of possibly some sort of terrorist act further in the proceedings. The train fails to stop,then there appears to be staff missing from the train, and pathetic attempts are made to find out who is in the drivers seat. They manage to eventually disconnect one of the carriages, before which they casually throw back a few beverages and chat amongst themselves about irrelevant life lessons, even though they are expecting to die in approx 5 minutes. The idiot Dr then finds himself on the wrong side of the train carriages as the last carriage separates, and then he miraculously throws himself out the back of a speeding train as it crashes into the last station. You've seen this movies a hundred times, the acting is terrible, the plot is predictable, and we are left none the wiser as to who was was driving, or why? It dragged, it had numerous plot and acting flaws, there was no interesting dialogue, or inspired character portrayals. It floors me to think how these get made, who is funding this rubbish and why? I gave it 2 stars because there was an ambiance to the film, I felt there was potential at the beginning, but I got nothing from the film except a lack of sleep, from staying up to watch it.

As a few other reviewers have said once it gets going it's a great ride and I agree. At first I was put off by the first few scenes featuring Scott and Tointon, they seemed stilted, a bit wooden even. She flirts with him from the off, which is of course what all beautiful professional women do on London commuter trains – flirt with total strangers!

Of course I'm forgetting he tells her he is a doctor and has a little boy with him (I must try that then) but it still seemed too simple, too straightforward, almost as if they wanted to create their relationship immediately and get it out of the way, which, when it's two of your main protagonists I think is a mistake.

The other characters are a bit 'cut out and keep' as well and I didn't really see the point of Lesley Duncan, she seemed to be solely there to die!

Everything else though that other reviewers seemed to be unhappy about: the undisclosed motives of the hijacker; incorrect rolling stock features; the fact that it was set in 2004, didn't bother me at all. Although I must confess I chuckled when the fire extinguisher was supposed to have blown that great big hole in the train floor. In reality it would have probably ruptured at one point and then whizzed around the cabin mutilating the cast!

Also the magic show - really? In that situation? C'mon, but as I said I went with it all and enjoyed the whole ridiculous hokum.

Also should have won the award for 'the best special effects on a small budget' (if such an award exists!).

This was really bad. People on a train that does stop. Something we heard of and watched in many movies. So it must provide for us something new. But it did not.

A man with his child, a young lady to flirt with, a foreign young man, an old grandma, and an old man.

They could not weave a story of it.

It was a waste of time and to be honest I wonder why some people wrote good words about it.

There is nothing good, bad story, poor acting, bad plot !!

It is good in one aspect, a perfect example of failure !!