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Cheezoholic

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Tue Oct 3, 2023, 10:57 AM Oct 2023

I love crazy train movies [View all]

I know we all can't stand Jon Voight but if you have Prime or utube movies I think, Runaway Train is currently available. It stars Voight who plays a freaking insane ruthless killer to the T (probably didn't have to dig to deep for this role lol), Eric Roberts in one of the best roles IMO he's ever done and Rebecca De Mornay in one of her first roles keeping her clothes on at the beginning of her career and proving her acting chops.

I remember seeing this at a drive in (The original IMAX theaters, remember those?) in the mid 80's and it felt like what was going on in the social political environment during Rayguns evil reign, and they way many of us felt when RICO was running the show, we're flying off the tracks with a wacko at the wheel.

This one and Unstoppable (Denzel, Chris Pine) are my two favorites. If you've never seen Runaway Train give it a try. It translates director Konchalovsy's usual dark cold war undertones inside the soviet bloc iced by an action packed non-stop thriller without blood spatter packs popping off every 3 minutes. Great ride.

I'll spoil it with one of my favorite scenes in any movie in the modern version of the genre.

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