Perhaps Caine's defining role as the ruthless London villain in Newcastle to sort out some gang bovver. When he finds out his niece has become embroiled with some very seedy characters, his involvement becomes far deeper. A violent and slick thriller with an excellent feel for both time and location and a comment on the despair of Britain in the 1970s.
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JOHN WICK (2014)
Certification15 Our Rating
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LA BETE HUMAINE (1938)
CertificationU Our Rating
Adapted from Zola's novel, this powerful tale concerns a triangle of love and murder in which a train driver becomes passionately involved with a femme fatale. With its images of trains and railways as symbols of human destiny this is a visually arresting film; Gallic and tragic.
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MIDNIGHT RUN (1988)
Certification18 Our Rating
Everyone is after the mild-mannered accountant who embezzled $15 million from the Mafia and gave it to charity. They want his head, the FBI want his testimony and De Niro wants the reward for bringing him in. So begins a fast, furious and very funny chase and an excellent film. An absolute must.
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MONEY TRAIN (1996)
Certification18 Our Rating
Cop-buddy-comedy-action with Snipes and Harrelson as two of New York's finest (Not)! Hampered in their criminal inclinations by their jobs and their boss, heavy gambler Harrelson sees the answer to his prayers in the "money train", which carries millions in subway takings. Wise-cracking action.
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MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (1974)
CertificationPG Our Rating
The first, and arguably the best, adaptation of an Agatha Christie mystery, with Albert Finney making his first appearance as Poirot. An American tycoon is found dead on the luxurious Orient Express, stabbed 12 times with a dagger, but which one of the all-star cast dunnit? Excellent.
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RUNAWAY TRAIN (1985)
Certification18 Our Rating
The title alone is enough to send shivers of anticipation down the spine of any self-respecting action fan and ‘Runaway Train' does not disappoint. Two hardened criminals, on the run from prison, sneak aboard a work train snaking its way through the Alaskan wilderness. After a series of unfortunate events – the train's engineer has a heart attack, the brakes go kaput, the track controller's computer bales out and the only other person on board who knows how to drive the train is…(gasp!)..a woman
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SHERLOCK HOLMES: TERROR BY NIGHT (1946)
CertificationU Our Rating
Holmes, Watson and a plethora of potty passengers are all aboard the London to Edinburgh express. As the train rattles on its way, so does the mayhem, with a corpse turning up in a carriage and a false-bottomed coffin in the guard's van. Will the stealthy sleuths solve the mystery? Elementary... As fast-paced, tightly-woven a Sherlock Holmes mystery as you will find.
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SIN NOMBRE (2009)
Certification18 Our Rating
This gripping multi-award-winning thriller tells the tale of a nice young Mexican lad on the run from a scary tattooed gang with whom he's become too involved. Catching a ride on a train north, as he attempts to flee to a decent life in the good old US of A, he bumps into sexy Honduran teenager Sayra, who is also heading for the streets of gold, and a romantic thriller results.
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SNOWPIERCER (2015)
Certification15 Our Rating
Set in a future where a failed climate-change experiment kills all life on the planet except for a lucky few who boarded the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe, where a class system emerges.