While RUNAWAY TRAIN does balance action and philosophy quite neatly it's still intriguing to wonder how differently Kurosawa would have handled it
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09/01/09
Runaway Train (1985)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:19
Rotten:3
Average Rating:7.2/10
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: An existential action thriller about two escaped convicts -- Manny, a hardened lifer, and Buck, a petty criminal -- who jump a four-engine work train, hoping to ride it to freedom. When the... [More]
Starring: Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay, Kyle Heffner
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
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03/26/09
Highly unusual drama with single premise: survive the runaway train. A metaphor for us all.
03/02/08
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01/05/07
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02/09/06
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07/14/05
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01/19/05
Gets derailed by a mediocre screenplay.
08/21/04
A real horror: heavy-handed, stupidly gruesome, as claustrophobic as its train cars and prison cells.
07/04/04
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04/06/04
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02/06/04
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11/15/03
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08/22/03
O vilão é caricato demais, mas Eric Roberts e Jon Voight têm boas atuações. Alguns momentos são eletrizantes, mas outros, apenas bobos.
07/25/03
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06/14/03
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05/24/03
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05/23/03
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05/20/03
Top CriticA great, suspenseful film from director Andrei Konchalovsky before he went Hollywood and on to junk like Tango and Cash.
01/16/03
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