A mysterious artifact of unknown origin is undatable and unheard of in legends or folklore. Its power is darkly magical and its consequence is inimical. It kills after a viewer gazes into its center. Every person sees something different and will die to possess it. Yes folks, Night Train is no ordinary movie. Regular movies cannot last for over ninety minutes on such a shallow premise and take themselves seriously.
I am beginning to believe I hate movies and will rarely write a positive review. Let’s dissect this film piecemeal. Danny Glover plays the hero (shocking). He is a conductor who loves his wife so much he is lured into the promise of infinite wealth contained in a small and impenetrable artifact brought onboard by a faceless drunkard who suddenly dies of a poison overdose. Steve Zahn is a traveling salesman without a penny to his name and enough charm to barely convince someone to move out of their seat. Leelee Sobieski continues her harrowing career in the endless maze of morbid roles as a woman possessed by malevolence. Together these three characters, a conductor, a salesman and a medical student plot to sell the artifact and to murder, mutilate, and disappear anyone who will come in the way of their scheme.
The problem is each of the three see different jewels inside of the box. This leads to confusion and distrust. In a moment of sinister spontaneity they hatchet the body of the drunkard into pieces, throw his severed body parts placed in a valise over a bridge. This is all rather comical since they happen to be riding on a luxury train fit for a palace. Unfortunately it turns out that these three are not the only people aware of the artifact’s presence. Nothing on the night train is as it seems to be, not even an old lady. There is no sense in spoiling the plot but I will compare this movie to Fallen with Denzel Washington and in a loose sense to the play "Faust" by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe. Is it worth watching? Only insofar as the plot is unexpected and the snowflakes look glorious in Blue Ray 1080HD. Otherwise, stay away and spend your time doing something productive. For starters, choose another movie.
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