Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

TaryBiggBall It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

Bergorks If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Josephina Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

minch007 recently watched this one again after about 30 years, I well remember being pretty freaked out by it as a kid and realised it probably influenced me to seek out the thrill of disaster movies and the yuck factor/suspense of plague movies ever since. So I would have to count it as one of the most influential movies for me personally. Seeing it again, I enjoyed it on other levels...the impressive cast, the melodramatic score, the clever camera work, and the 70's style (especially the control room technology). It still has the suspense and something else I totally missed seeing it as a kid...a conspiracy element. Movies of this era lack the technical sophistication of more recent ones but can more than make up for it with the extra attention given to the craft of movie-making, basically everyone seems to take their jobs more seriously which can result in a film that the audience can take seriously too, essential for a plot that relies heavily on suspense. In sum, despite some corny moments, some inconsistent pacing and the odd plot hole, Cassandra Crossing is a better disaster movie than most, with a genuinely non-Hollywood ending that doesn't disappoint.

harrymccormack1981 I remember watching this years ago and it still send a chill down my spine even after repeated watching.Swedish terrorists attack the U.S. mission at the International Health Organisation in Geneva, Switzerland where the following battle causes massive breakages in a nearby lab which spreads a mysterious plague on the men. One of them escapes and embarks on the cross-Europe train (with up to 1000 people on board) which final destination is in Stockholm.Which follows is a suspenseful thriller which sees tense situations on both the train and back at the IHO headquarters which lead to the Cassandra Crossing of the title.Burt Lancaster stars the U.S. Colonel in charge of the investigation while Richard Harris stars a famous neurologist who becomes doctor on demand on the train itself and both play their parts well.An all-star cast also features Martin Sheen, OJ Simpson, Sophia Loren, Ava Gardner and Lee Strasburg.It's a must watch.

Potomacker For some reason the Chinese Railways decided to play this in a loop repeatedly on the route between Nanjing and Shanghai. I had seen this movie on some Saturday afternoon of my misspent youth so I knew enough of the plot to follow along even with the overdubbed Mandarin. Yeah, it's not exactly a verbal film. What struck me though were the overabundance of holocaust references that seem to pile on for no apparent reason. There is absolutely no justification for rerouting the train to Poland other than to evoke the Nazi razzia. Trains travel from Geneva to Stockholm but ferry between Malmo and Denmark not through the Baltic states and Finland. There is one quick shot of a map on which the only cities are Geneva and Nuremberg. http://www.myphotographs.net/sweden/picture1.html People on trains who are not allowed to get off, what scary parallel could be evoked to make the movie more frightening to an American public that was at the time abandoning passenger railway service. There is even a holocaust survivor aboard the train who tries to start a mini Warsaw uprising when he learns about being sent back to Poland. I am certain that there are more and I encourage anybody to use this movie as a drinking game. Every time 'the' holocaust is alluded to, one must take a shot. For those who like train disaster movies, instead I suggest Runaway Train (1985). Therein the premise of an out of control is at least believable.

willahan I'm channel-checking right now and saw this movie. Sophia Loren and Ava Gardner and this is the best the writers or director could do? And O.J. . . .I think he did kill his ex-wife, but a great running back, yes. So, while I hate Pete Rose, why isn't he in the baseball Hall of Fame? I haven't heard that he's offed anyone lately. O.J. is still in the football HOF.Can you imagine Loren and Gardner in a movie together? As I'm writing this, I can't even remember the title of this crappy movie that I'm not watching. Sophia and Ava . . .now that was a pairing even a mediocre writer could have pulled off successfully with any kind of script. The two ladies could have done anything together. But this, it's like, "Will Trog be the sequel?" Well, back to DVDs.