Money Train (1995)

A vengeful New York City transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares. His foster brother, a fellow cop, tries to protect him.

Director:

Joseph Ruben

Writers:

Doug Richardson (story), Doug Richardson (screenplay)

Stars:

Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Jennifer Lopez

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Wesley Snipes	...	John
Woody Harrelson	...	Charlie Robinson
Jennifer Lopez	...	Grace Santiago
Robert Blake	...	Donald Patterson
Chris Cooper	...	Torch
Joe Grifasi	...	Riley
Scott Sowers	...	Mr. Brown
Skipp Sudduth	...	Kowalski
Vincent Laresca	...	Subway Robber
Nelson Vasquez	...	Subway Robber
Vincent Patrick	...	Frank the Bartender
Aida Turturro	...	Woman on Platform
Alvaleta Guess	...	Woman on Platform
Vincent Pastore	...	Gambler
David Tawil	...	Gambler

Storyline

Two foster brothers work as transit cops. While one's life is as good as it gets, the other's is a pit. After losing his job, getting dumped by his brother, and getting the crap kicked out of him by a loan shark for the umpteenth time, He implements his plan to steal the "money train," a train carrying the New York Subway's weekly revenue. But when things go awry, will his brother be able to save him in time?

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Plot Keywords:

train | subway | loan shark | new year's eve | runaway train | 

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Taglines:

If you're a criminal, Stay on the Train!

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive strong language, violence and a sex scene

Details

Official Sites:

Awful Movies Wiki

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 November 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

Asalto al tren del dinero

Filming Locations:

John Street, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$68,000,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$35,324,232

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$77,224,232

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Peters Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min 105 min (video)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This boasts the distinction of having one of the longest sets ever constructed for a film. At over three thousand feet long, twenty feet high, and four railway tracks wide, the set was roughly the same size as two Empire State buildings lying side by side. The original plan was to film in the real New York City subway, but the logistics proved to be too problematic.

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Goofs

NYC subway trains are electric, and get their power from a 'third rail'. This is an extra rail with a safety cover on the outside of the running rails - a 'pickup shoe' extends from each car and rides along the top of the third rail to supply power to the train. This third rail is notably absent in all shots where the rails are visible, because the real NYC transit cars used on the set were converted to run on propane.

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Quotes

Grace Santiago: [staggers towards platform women; pretending to be drunk] Hey! Hey! That's my man! Get your hands off my man! Are you bitches crazy?
[pulls her sleeves and clenches her fists as she runs towards them]
Grace Santiago: You wanna get hurt, that's what it is!
Woman on Platform: We're sorry, we didn't know it was your man!
Woman on Platform: We're sorry, Merry Christmas to you!
[they get behind the turnstiles]
Grace Santiago: [tries to attack them] Get the hell outta here! Yeah, you better run!
Woman on Platform: [to her friend as they leave the station] It's your fault! You started it!
Woman on Platform: Me? ...
[...]

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Connections

References Die Hard 2 (1990)

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Soundtracks

I Love You...I'll Kill You
Written by Michael Cretu (as Curly M.C.) & David Fairstein
Performed by Enigma
Courtesy of Virgin Schallplatten GmbH/Virgin Records America, Inc.

User Reviews

What's with all the bad reviews?

Reading the reviews below this seems to be a love-it-or-hate-it kind of film. Regardless of whether you 'get' the story and the rapport between Harrelson and Snipes, you can't overlook that this is a well made film.

I've only seen it twice, once when it first came out on video, and again in the past week. I didn't think it was that remarkable when it first came out, but when I watched it the second time around, I found it highly entertaining and well executed. Granted, it's not the best film ever but I don't think it's deserving of a lot of the bad reviews given here.

As a film it succeeds, and if you've never seen it before, it's worth checking out.