"if you wanna know what god thinks about money... look at the people he gives it to."

collet-serra brings his usual layered compositions + tight, rhythmic cutting to another exciting pulp thriller (dude gets his shit kicked in with a lefty guitar!!!), but his formal attempts to depict the communal language of the working class..? chef's kiss. best title sequence this side of fincher's Dragon Tattoo. fuck you goldman sachs.

the opening sequence (one of the best in years) starts the film out as this optimistic of synecdoche new york, and then quickly becomes a wild conspiracy thriller, all while maintaining its fun and b-movie trashiness.

a total surprise.

this movie could have ended at the scene where liam neeson beats a guy with a guitar and i honestly wouldn't have complained. everything else is just a bonus.

If you’re in the mood for silly.

Watched on the plane.

Sturdy but unsurprising. If you're looking for an impeccable formal exercise featuring a train as an analog for runaway capitalism do yourself a favor and re-watch UNSTOPPABLE.

liam neeson's agent: i have a movie for you
liam neeson:
liam neeson's agent: your family's life is on the line
liam neeson: i'll do it

If the Burt Lancaster movie The Swimmer was, like, Taken.

Liam Neeson, on a train, getting paranoid and punching people in the nose. What's not to like?

That beginning drove me insane. The mark is well...duh. The long set up...of course. Its so formulaic. Its like Hallmark movies you just watch & hope to enjoy.

Clean, nonsensical bullshit action-thriller fun. Seems like a throwback to the 90's action thrillers you always found at your local video store, or at 1 AM on a cable channel, that they don't really make anymore.

The end credit design was cute

Need more Patrick and Vera.

watched this on a friday night bc i thought it would be some cliche trashy action flick i could switch off to but guEss what i was clenched the whole god damn way through WHEW what a ride (pardon the pun)

anyway liam neeson beats the shit out of someone with a guitar while on a train with no brakes. iconic.

To be honest, if Vera Farmiga sat oppisite me on the train and asked me to do anything I would probably do it. 


This is a nice little action/thriller with an interesting premise and great cast. Liam Neeson gives his usual grizzled performance as an excop turned recently fired insurance salesmen caught in the wrong place at the wrong time and I am 100% ok with it because I love Liam Neeson.

watched only for vera farmiga

the fight scenes jkakdsndnk...