A train with hostages is stolen in Bremen, Germany. It's heading south through Europe with a nuclear bomb. A UN crime-fighting task force is in charge of stopping it in cooperation with local military and police.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Pierce Brosnan | ... | Mike Graham | |
| Patrick Stewart | ... | Malcolm Philpott | |
| Alexandra Paul | ... | Sabrina Carver | |
| Ted Levine | ... | Alex Tierney | |
| Christopher Lee | ... | General Benin | |
| John Abineri | ... | Leitzig | |
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Nic D'Avirro | ... | Rodenko |
| Clarke Peters | ... | Whitlock | |
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Andreas Jung | ... | Kolchinsky (as Andreas Sportelli) |
| Ron Berglas | ... | Roger Flint | |
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Vili Matula | ... | Sigi |
| Lorrie Marlow | ... | Yolanda | |
| Terrence Hardiman | ... | German Commander | |
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Bill Leadbitter | ... | Rosie |
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Daniel Stewart | ... | Tretyak |
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A German scientist has aided an ex-Soviet General in constructing a nuclear weapon, which is now in the possession of an American mercenary, heading across Europe in a hijacked goods train. Malcolm Philpott, a member of U.N.A.C.O., (United Nations Anti Crime Organization) must use a team of hand-picked Agents from various parts of the globe to stop this death train at all costs. Written by James Allan <alland@globalnet.co.uk>
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14 April 1993 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Yorkshire International Films Ltd.,J&M Entertainment,British Lion Film Corporation See more »
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Sigi: I hope there's also a lot of caffeine.
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The locomotive that was hijacked in Bremen is actually a Slovenian type 642. See more »Goofs
There is no such thing as a central dispatch for all European railway. If there were, it would have had to be manned by a couple of thousand dispatchers in order to control all points, signals, trains, shunting operations and track works. In the movie only two different dispatchers are portrayed and not many more, if any, are visible. See more »Quotes
Malcolm Philpott: Sigi - there's a lot of poetry and sentiment in a cup of tea.Sigi: I hope there's also a lot of caffeine.
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As a TV film from the early 90's, this is probably the best what you can get. It has some very good and famous actors such as Pierce Brosnan, Patrick Stewart and Cristopher Lee, names you won't easily find from a such movie. The story is about a nuclear weapon being transported on a hijacked train by a mercenary group. Their destination is Iraq. A special task force, UNACO is sent to stop them. The team makes several attempts to succeed, meaning the film has lot of action. Pierce Brosnan fits perfectly for the hero's Bond like role and Cristopher Lee isn't bad at all as a rogue general. Maybe not worth of buying but definitely worth of seeing. I'll give it seven out of ten.