Money Train

1995 "Get on, or GET OUT THE WAY!"
5.7| 1h50m| R| en
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When a vengeful New York transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares, his foster brother—a fellow cop—tries to protect him.

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Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever
Laikals The greatest movie ever made..!
Freaktana A Major Disappointment
Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.
FlashCallahan Two foster brothers work as transit cops. While one's life is as good as it gets, the other's is at an all time low. After losing his job, getting dumped by his brother, and getting seven bells kicked out of him by a loan shark, He implements his plan to steal the titular train. A train carrying the New York Subway's weekly revenue. But when things don't go according to plan, will his brother be able to save him in time....It was inevitable that after the success of White Men can't Jump and Bad Boys, that Hollywood re-team this pair because of the chemistry they had in that 1992 comedy.Make them cops, and you have a sure fire hit on your hands..Well you would if the main focus was on the killer The Torch, played wonderfully by Chris Cooper, rather than Harrelson trying to steal because he's gambled his life away.And this is why the film doesn't work. Harrelson is supposed to come across as a lovable rogue, but he's just a hindrance to everyone and everything, and he comes across as a complete moron.Snipes is the voice of reason, and is the reason to watch this film. He's on top form here, acting wise and action wise, and elevates the film whenever he's on screen.The film has a very nasty racist streak down it, in the form of Robert Blake's abhorrent pantomime villain. The only thing that's missing from his outfit is a white hood, the script is so blunt with it's casual racism, it ruins the flow of the film.The ending borrows from Speed, and although it's set at Christmas, it's about as festive as the hangover after new year's day.But it's not boring, Lopez makes a good supporting character, and the afterthought of The Torch sub-plot is the most interesting part of the film.If this was the primary part of the narrative, it could have been quite a good comedy thriller.Instead, the film wants you to root for a gambling loser who thinks that the world owes him something.
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Aki Savolainen Money Train is nothing spectacular, but it definitely is worth every minute it takes to watch it. The direction does what it is asked to do, and it enables the very capable cast to take the action-comedy just where it wants to go. The film does not reach any higher it has chances to go to, so it ends up nailing all it's set targets.The plot is simple enough to follow without activating too many brain cells, yet it is engaging enough to create much enjoyable tension that leads to the eventual conclusion of the film. And here we have the pleasure of Harrelson and Snipes working the chemistry they already showed in White Men Can't Jump.To be honest, I can not say this film is a gem. There is nothing extremely spectacular or exciting or touching. But like I wrote earlier, it's not trying, either, but what it tries to accomplish, it manages to. And with such good workers involved in this film, the result can only be enjoyable.Much over-shadowed by another action comedy from the same year, Bad Boys, for me Money Train is one of those films that define what this type of films should always set out to do. Nowadays action-comedies either push too much on the action, and the comedy drowns in all the bruises and splatter, or the attempt to squeeze as many laughs as possible leaves out the excitement of action and thus the films fall flat without a good drive.Money Train also benefits from being very much a product of the nineties. It's not campy, takes itself seriously enough, and thus has aged well so far, and I see no reason why it shouldn't stay a solid 110 minutes of entertainment whenever it gets screened.
brandon_lee420 The film starts out like all those other clichéd movies and then twenty minutes later it gets worse. The script is poorly written, the music is tedious (this whole film is), and Joseph Ruben is a sh*tty director. The only good film he made is The Forgotten and all those others are good movies to make you sleep if you are insomniac. To waste ten bucks on this film at the cinemas is like insulting your mother then taking it back and slapping yourself for being stupid. And who can forget the horrible acting from nearly everyone, including Woody Harrelson, Wesley Snipes, Jennifer Lopez, Robert Blake, and they suck because it seemed like they were auditioning rather than giving a good performance. This film should definitely not be on your list because I can guarantee you that it's a waste of time and money. Jennifer Lopez is the baddest actor to have ever been born because she acts like a rookie who is acting in her first movie and her gross laugh in one of the scenes embarrassed me. The story is weak and clichéd, no thanks to you Doug Richardson, but most of all it's predictable and you know what the outcome is going to be. I lost respect for Woody Harrelson, who was perfect in Natural Born Killers, because he acts Cr@p and why did he sign up for this movie in the first place? Guess, he must have been poor or something? Robert Blake overreacts lots of times and that is a downside to his acting career. If you have nothing better to do and are counting on watching Money Train then build a sandcastle instead.Two foster brothers, one white and one black, work as transit cops at a local subway station. One has a good life, but the other one has to owe money to some loan shark. He has to pay fifteen grand or his brother is going to die. He has to hijack a money train in order to get the money and secure his brothers life. Working with a hot woman cop, his brother, he has to succeed and nor get caught by a subway owner, Donald Patterson.The action is not all bad but does get boring after a while. To stop yourself from switching off the TV make sure you have some popcorn and friends to share this boring experience with them. I strongly agree with anyone that's is against this film. The film is short, thank God for that, but it seems like it is longer than a millennium. I can go on forever about how bad this film is but I like short and interesting reviews, so I hope this review is both of those. 5/10 - Yuck!