Con Express (2002) (V)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

Terry Cunningham

Writers:

Paul A. Birkett (writer)
Terry Cunningham (writer)

Release Date:

2 December 2003 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Action

Tagline:

Two Cold War rivals in hot pursuit.

Plot:

Agent Brooks tells his side of a botched job at a job interveiw for for the Head of Customs in Alaska...

Plot Keywords:

Train

Cast

Sean Patrick Flanery	...	Alex Brooks
Arnold Vosloo	...	Anton Simeonov
Ursula Karven	...	Natalya
Eyal Podell	...	Rudy
David Lea	...	Mironov (as Dave Lea)
Joel West	...	Zednik
Tim Thomerson	...	Bill Barnes
Ed Cameron	...	Leon
Michael Kagan	...	Commissioner Dunn
J. Patrick McCormack	...	Agent Rowe (as John Patrick McCormack)
Rodney Eastman	...	Ricky
Chato	...	Sanchez
Loren Dennis	...	Marine #16
Michael Flynn	...	Jeffreys
Frank Gerrish	...	Bruno

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and some nudity.

Runtime:

Brazil:94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Germany:16 | Spain:13 (TV rating) | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Utah, USA

Company:

PM Entertainment Group

Goofs:

Continuity: During the start of the movie, the train only has one locomotive. While in the collision scene, the train clearly has three at least. This is because the editors spliced in footage from 'Runaway Train' ca. 1985 to cut down on production costs. The collision scene, and most of the shots of the train moving across the landscape are taken from that movie.

Movie Connections:

Edited from Runaway Train (1985)

Soundtrack:

Final Stand

Arnold Vosloo rocks!

Con Express is a decent adventure film. Lots of action once you get passed the set up and the who's who dialogue the writers of these films seem to think we care about. It's an action film...get to the sex and violence. For me, the best part of the film is the villain, Arnold Vosloo. He's mostly known for the Indiana Jones wannabe "Mummy" movies. But, if you've seen him in Hard Target, John Woo's first American film, you know there's more to him than the bald head and the growle. Watch him in this movie...how he never flinches in the face of danger...calmly sits there when he gets captured and put on a plane to go to prison for good. He rocks. Hopefully he'll show up in more mainstream films.