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Transsiberian

  • 20082008
  • RR
  • 1h 51m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
54K
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Woody Harrelson and Emily Mortimer in Transsiberian (2008)
This is the theatrical trailer for Transsiberian, directed by Brad Anderson (The Machinist).
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A Transsiberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.A Transsiberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.A Transsiberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
54K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Brad Anderson
  • Writers
    • Brad Anderson
    • Will Conroy
  • Stars
    • Woody Harrelson
    • Emily Mortimer
    • Ben Kingsley
  • Director
    • Brad Anderson
  • Writers
    • Brad Anderson
    • Will Conroy
  • Stars
    • Woody Harrelson
    • Emily Mortimer
    • Ben Kingsley
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 205User reviews
    • 133Critic reviews
    • 72Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 11 nominations

    Videos4

    Transsiberian: Theatrical Trailer
    Trailer 1:37
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    Transsiberian: Problems
    Clip 1:34
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    Transsiberian: Missing
    Clip 1:27
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    Transsiberian: Dining Car
    Clip 1:19
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    Photos80

    Woody Harrelson, Ben Kingsley, and Emily Mortimer in Transsiberian (2008)
    Kate Mara and Eduardo Noriega in Transsiberian (2008)
    Woody Harrelson and Emily Mortimer in Transsiberian (2008)
    Transsiberian (2008)
    Transsiberian (2008)
    Woody Harrelson and Emily Mortimer in Transsiberian (2008)
    Brad Anderson in Transsiberian (2008)
    Brad Anderson in Transsiberian (2008)
    Emily Mortimer in Transsiberian (2008)
    Woody Harrelson and Emily Mortimer in Transsiberian (2008)
    Emily Mortimer in Transsiberian (2008)
    Thomas Kretschmann in Transsiberian (2008)

    Top cast

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    Woody Harrelson
    Woody Harrelson
    • Roy
    Emily Mortimer
    Emily Mortimer
    • Jessie
    Ben Kingsley
    Ben Kingsley
    • Grinko
    Kate Mara
    Kate Mara
    • Abby
    Eduardo Noriega
    Eduardo Noriega
    • Carlos Ximénez
    Thomas Kretschmann
    Thomas Kretschmann
    • Kolzak
    Etienne Chicot
    Etienne Chicot
    • Frenchman
    Mac McDonald
    Mac McDonald
    • Minister
    Colin Stinton
    Colin Stinton
    • Embassy Official
    Perlis Vaisieta
    • Manager Hotel Pushkin
    Mindaugas Papinigis
    Mindaugas Papinigis
    • Young Detective
    Mindaugas Capas
    Mindaugas Capas
    • Military Officer
    Sonata Visockaite
    • Female Train Attendant #1
    Larisa Kalpokaite
    • Female Train Attendant #2
    Valentinas Krulikovskis
    • Young Waiter
    Vidmantas Jasiunevicius
    • Porter
    Antanas Surgailis
    • Waiter
    Kristina Kulinic
    • School Girl 1
    • Director
      • Brad Anderson
    • Writers
      • Brad Anderson
      • Will Conroy
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Lithuania stood in for Siberia.
    • Goofs
      Roy and Jessie set out from Beijing and immediately deal with Russian staff on the train. In fact, the train is manned by Chinese staff with a Chinese restaurant carriage whilst the train is still in China.
    • Quotes

      Jessie: Kill off all my demons, Roy, and my angels might die, too.

    • Alternate versions
      9 secs of cuts to shots of a knife being pressed into a leg wound were removed from the UK DVD release in order to achieve a 15 classification. Cuts were made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines and policy. An uncut 18 was available.
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Mamma Mia!/Transsiberian/The Dark Knight/Space Chimps/Tell No One (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      Love Will Keep Us Together
      Written by Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield

      Performed by Captain & Tennille

    User reviews205

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    6/10
    A thrilless thriller...
    Brad Anderson is one of those directors who everyone thinks they like until they look him up. Since getting attention with his creepy (but unsatisfying) Session 9 in 2001 his only feature of note was 2004's The Machinist - a movie which will always remain more famous for the extraordinary physical transformation of its star (Christian Bale) than its effectiveness as a creepy thriller. This is partly because Bale's emaciated form was genuinely mesmerising but mostly because the movie just isn't very good. So, after a few years directing TV episodes, Anderson had something to prove with his latest - Transsiberian.

    I've never really thought of Emily Mortimer as a leading lady. She's always seemed either hopelessly insipid or appears to be battling some unrecognisable accent and a cold at the same time. It may come as a surprise then to learn that she is one of the best things about Transsiberian but unfortunately that statement comes with a number of disappointing caveats. In the film Mortimer and a mis-cast, toupee sporting Woody Harrelson play a husband and wife heading home to the US after completing charity work in China. In a decision which screams 'bad choice' to the ever watchful audience, they forgo a simple flight home in favour of the famous 8000 km rail journey through the snowlocked Russian wastes. Hence the title of the film.

    What results is billed as a twisty action thriller, with multilayered secrets and lies and the familiar device of a claustrophobic location surrounded by scenic wilderness. This may not sound particularly original but, done well, it could amount to an enjoyable few hours of escapism. And, in fairness to the film, it starts well – meandering slowly through the mystery laden landscape of character development, planting seeds of murky histories and maintaining a convincing sense of unease and displacement – 2 American tourists in the time warp of undeveloped Russia. Events occur in a fashion that makes sense, uncomfortable situations get steadily worse and, around the time Ben Kingsley shows up as a Russian detective, everything seems on a wonderfully dramatic collision course with the revelations of the final act.

    But then the 'twists' begin. Not twists in the normal thriller sense of the word but closer to the M Night Shyamalan meaning ie: twists that spoil a perfectly watchable film. The final act of Transsiberian dispels any sense of tension and unease by blowing the films internal logic to smithereens. I'm not suggesting for a second that the follies here are on the level of the denouement of Signs (or the entirety of Lady in the Water), but they do manage to bring the films momentum to a halt. Both The Machinist and Session 9 had problems with their endings, Anderson seems to believe that if everything doesn't reach an overedited fever pitch he isn't doing his job correctly. This is a shame as the deliberate but inexorable pacing of the plot was one of the films strong points.

    Ultimately, Transsiberian is a missed opportunity. Some good performances and impressive cinematography are not enough to smooth over the eccentricities of the final act. It cannot maintain the tension well enough to be a thriller but is too mild to fall into the category of suspense/horror. If it is a drama about the fate of foreigners abroad then why does it descend into near Outer Limits territory towards the ending? Brad Anderson may well have potential as a talented filmmaker but so long as he continues to make films which are only halfway effective he will remain in that halfway obscure list of directors-you-have-to-look-up-on-IMDb.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 5, 2008 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • Germany
      • Spain
      • Lithuania
    • Official sites
      • First Look Studios
      • Official site (Germany)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Russian
      • Spanish
      • Mandarin
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Chuyến Tàu Tội Phạm
    • Filming locations
      • Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania
    • Production companies
      • Filmax International
      • Canal+ España
      • Filmax Group
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $15,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,206,405
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $34,615
      • Jul 20, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,926,410
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 51 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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