Review of Runaway Train (1985) by 1977 1 — 16 Jul 2009

Tremendous sentiments by memorable perfomances!!

This review of Runaway Train (1985) was written by 1977 1 on 16 Jul 2009.

Runaway Train has generally received positive reviews.

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4/5. Runaway Train boasts some amazing stunts, really fantastic shots, and a great performance from Jon Voight…

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Upon spying the words `A Golan-Glebus` production above the titles, you could be forgiven for expecting a noisy, pea-brained actioner in the…

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By Paul Attanasio (217) for Washington Post (9,851) on 03 Jan 2018

Runaway Train isn't just bad -- it's bodaciously bad, grotesquely overblown, lurid in its emotion, big ideas on its brain…

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By Daniel P (2,457) on 23 Sep 2012

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By Adam H (1,241) on 06 Nov 2013

My number one favorite movie OF ALL TIME…

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By Simon T (674) on 22 Aug 2015

Bafflingly overpraised, very ordinary thriller, with a hugely miscast Jon Voight overacting in compensation…

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By Richard R (553) on 26 Aug 2013

I will be honest, I do like some films from the eighties because they're witty or funny or adventurous…

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By Scott A (1,031) on 23 Aug 2013

Okay, I really did dig the contrived story here and how the entire first half hour is about two guys escaping from prison, and then hitching…

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By Tim Brayton (2,283) for Antagony & Ecstasy (1,911) on 02 Jan 2016

A terrific mix of tightly coiled action and psychoanalysis that has no place in a genre film from the '80s, but works splendidly regardless…

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