Trans-Siberian

Trans-Siberian (2008): Here is another well done indie thriller starring Woody Harrelson and Sir Ben Kingsley. After spending time with his church group helping children in China, hardware store owner Woody and his wife decide to take the Trans-Siberian express back to Moscow and then home rather than flying all the way. The Woodster is also a train buff and can’t pass up a chance to take a ride on this world famous passenger train. Well, after seeing this flick you may decide that flying really isn’t that bad after all.
Soon, the couple hooks up with another couple who may not be completely upfront about themselves. While fawning over some old Soviet era steam engines at one of the stations enroute, Woody misses the train and his wife has to get off at the next stop to wait for him. The other couple offer to stay with her for the night since the next train isn’t until tomorrow. Well, it isn’t long before things kind of go off track for just about everyone, including the train. The police start sniffing around, the helpful guy makes a move on the Woodster’s wife and then something really bad happens. Back on the train, Woody and wife are reunited and as you breathe a sigh of relief, things commence to accelerate downhill into darker places. The movie continually builds tension to a high level as things keep twisting in even worse directions. This is a very well done thriller and you will enjoy an evening of train spotting if you rent this flick. And in Georgia, you don’t have to worry about falling to a similar fate because it’s almost impossible to get on a train in this state. The movie is rated R for: bullet through the head, brief male buttinski sans briefs, leg carving, foot freezing, seriously swollen eye, a 1x4 vigorously to the head, drug dolls, frozen dough, crushing Pullmans, and for the surprise ending of the train.