Alien Express (TV 2005)

A new super train is built when a meteorite crashes near by, releasing a tiny creature. Once it kills and consumes everyone on board the train, it begins to grow and multiply into hordes of different creatures.

Director:

Turi Meyer

Writers:

Tom Alexander (story), Brian Smith

Stars:

Lou Diamond Phillips, Sean Bott, Steven Brand

Cast

Credited cast:
Lou Diamond Phillips	...	Vic Holden
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sean Bott	...	Russell
Steven Brand	...	Paul Fitzpatrick
Todd Bridges	...	Peter
Steffanie Busey	...	Gina (as Steffanie Thomas)
Barry Corbin	...	Senator Frank Rawlings
Derrick Costa	...	Alien
Joseph Daniel Hamilton	...	Sam (as Joseph Hamilton)
Kellie Hamilton	...	Miss Utah (as Kellie Brothersen)
Amy Locane	...	Rosie Holden
Stephen Rippey	...	Robert
Scott Vandiver	...	Scotter

Storyline

A new super train is built when a meteorite crashes near by, releasing a tiny creature. Once it kills and consumes everyone on board the train, it begins to grow and multiply into hordes of different creatures.

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Taglines:

America's Newest Bullet Train Just Got On The Fast Track To Disaster

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

SCI FI

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 August 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dead Rail

Filming Locations:

Ogden, Utah, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dead Rail Productions Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

While inspecting the burning car, Vic Holden claims that he can smell methane. This cannot happen - methane is odorless. When it is supplied as natural gas into buildings for gas appliances, another chemical, usually ethyl mercaptan, is added to the gas to give it a distinctive odor that lets people know when a leak occurs.

User Reviews

Wow, a new low for me in cinoexperience

I stumbled into this mess of a movie whilst too amped from viewing sports history. The Giants just upset the Patriots in the Super Bowl, and I couldn't sleep. I assumed/hoped this movie would put me to sleep, so I didn't surf away after only 1 minute, as I probably should have. Life is too precious. Puzzled, I IMDb'd it, and soon ended up in the reviews. They were better than what I was simultaneously watching, and I could only try/hope to watch the whole movie just to verify the unanimous disdain (excepting one apparent idiot). I don't know exactly how to say this, but I think that all of the reviews sell this movie short. It is worse than Plan 9. It takes the cake. It's unbelievably stupid. Actually, that last sentence could be misinterpreted. Not only is it unbelievable, it's unbelievable that it was even conceived and completed as a "movie". And it's way beyond unbelievably stupid. The hemorrhoid commercials every 12 minutes were a real relief, and I've never felt that way before! This movie must have been a pet project of Sci-Fi channel's accounting dept., as it can only be some sort of tax write-off against capital gains. If that's the case, the accountant should get any positive recognition as a true visionary. Other than as a wonderful way to rewrite off all of the company's cheepo garbage props out in desert storage (one last time, maybe), and give a bunch of slumming B-actors, a busman's holiday out in the desert, it must have been a way to hold a clinic for all of their new upcoming producers, directors, techs, etc. They should all consider themselves survivors. And they should all look for new lines of work.

A truly deplorable effort. But not exactly a waste of time. I now have a new bar to judge other movies by. And I can't wait to revisit Battlefield Earth. That movie is infinitely better than Alien Express. And to think that they left room for a sequel!!!