Avalanche Express

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David K @RT61474040 May 24, 2025 The think I hate about so many 70's action/adventure films is that were made by television personnel from the 60's and early 70's cop shows and they wear exactly like that. Less than quality work on photography and scoring is evident in this one. The point is driven home by a pedestrian script and directing followed by a slate of actors who made their names in those very tv serials (i.e. Mike Connor/Mannix). The acting is wooden, even among the vets like Robert Shaw, Horst Bucholz, and Maximillien Schell. Lee Marvin is Lee Marvin but no one is buying his relationship with Linda Evans and that appears to be on her flat performance. I just spent more time writing this than you should watching it. See more Myka L @RT63466444 Mar 9, 2025 I actually liked it ... Knowing the director and Robert Shaw died during production (Shaw post production) It seems unfinished in spots and you can tell a last minute patch job was done...Shaw's dubbed voice is a distraction...All that said it the film moves quiclky and i found it fun . A late 70's production that's pretty decent to re-visit from time to time See more CodyZamboni Z @CodyZamboni Nov 30, 2024 Awful. Big stars cashing a check, They sleep walk thru this, I didn't care about anything, Lame fx by the usually reliable John Dykstra. See more Blu B @RT43513976 Aug 13, 2024 This should be a pretty good idea. Spy/Action thrillers with trains in them have a solid history. What happens here is the script/editing is just alright. Once there on the train it feels like stuff just happens. An avalanche, double cross, shootout, romance, etc and none of it really ties together well. It's pretty standard stuff with some pointless fake outs thrown in for good measure if you've seen a few of these spy thriller types. You could rearrange this stuff or cut some out and nothing really changes THAT much. Second, it's confused with who the main focus is. Sometimes it's Marvin, sometimes it's Shaw and other times it doesn't feel like it knows who. What does help this considerably is this isn't even 90 minutes so the pacing isn't bad. It would be worse I feel if this pushed 2 hours. So it never drags and there is always action or something happening. Everything else is just alright. Marvin is decent but Shaw is just alright. Neither of them have much chemistry with the romantic interest who is just alright. The effects are ok. The models are very noticeable and aren't that impressive like in Superman or something like that. It's very noticeable. Some of the other effects are good though. Everyone else is just alright or forgettable. The direction in general isn't anything special and the music is very forgettable. It's not a train wreck (no pun intended) but it's onthing close compared to other train movie thrillers like Frm Russia With Love, The Train, or even Mission Impossible 7. Skip This unless your a DIE HARD Marvin fan. See more ashley h @ashleyhobgood87 Oct 26, 2021 Avalanche Express is a disappointing film. It is about a CIA agent who plans to use the defection of a Soviet official to kill a Soviet germ-warfare expert on a train. Robert Shaw and Lee Marvin give horrible performances. The screenplay is badly written. Mark Robson did a terrible job directing this movie. I was not impressed with this motion picture. See more Feb 3, 2021 Choppy mishmash of spies and action.... a cast of notable actors delivering a time waster. Plot not believable. Action phony. See more Read all reviews

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