Oh my gosh, just how bad can a film be, yet still watchable?
The plot is nonsensical and incoherent, the production is poor, the green screen work dire, the acting ... well, don't even go there.
Yet, somehow, the film keeps you going. Admittedly it helped to have a few comfort breaks, ice cream and wine (strange combination, true) to help with soften the pain, but until the last 10-15', when the train went out of control, our interest was maintained, if not exactly on the edge of our seats!
All the time I was asking myself if Liam Neeson, a quality actor, was going in the same direction as Nick Cage - i.e. Making B movies that really suck. And I'd probably go as far as to say that if there are any more like this, yes he is.
So where does it all go so horribly wrong? Well, what kept is going was wondering how it be revealed that the baddies could possibly have such a detailed view of what was happening on board the train. Time travel? Matrix? Alternative Universe? Dreamscape? You know the sort of thing. But there was no such revelation, so it was basically IMPOSSIBLE!!!!
Then there was the premise that the baddies wanted to kill the witness. They showed pretty clearly they were not bothered about collateral damage and deaths, so why not just kill everyone and have done with it?
And as for the green screen work (if that's what it was) there was so little attempt to blend the lighting of the actors with CGI/background that it begged the question whether they even really tried.
Oh, and the denouement. Please. We're not stupid. Really were not!
All in all a really badly made, but somehow watchable, film.
The plot is nonsensical and incoherent, the production is poor, the green screen work dire, the acting ... well, don't even go there.
Yet, somehow, the film keeps you going. Admittedly it helped to have a few comfort breaks, ice cream and wine (strange combination, true) to help with soften the pain, but until the last 10-15', when the train went out of control, our interest was maintained, if not exactly on the edge of our seats!
All the time I was asking myself if Liam Neeson, a quality actor, was going in the same direction as Nick Cage - i.e. Making B movies that really suck. And I'd probably go as far as to say that if there are any more like this, yes he is.
So where does it all go so horribly wrong? Well, what kept is going was wondering how it be revealed that the baddies could possibly have such a detailed view of what was happening on board the train. Time travel? Matrix? Alternative Universe? Dreamscape? You know the sort of thing. But there was no such revelation, so it was basically IMPOSSIBLE!!!!
Then there was the premise that the baddies wanted to kill the witness. They showed pretty clearly they were not bothered about collateral damage and deaths, so why not just kill everyone and have done with it?
And as for the green screen work (if that's what it was) there was so little attempt to blend the lighting of the actors with CGI/background that it begged the question whether they even really tried.
Oh, and the denouement. Please. We're not stupid. Really were not!
All in all a really badly made, but somehow watchable, film.