Transiberian, was a film I had an option of seeing amongst a handful of others presented in my contemporary cinema class. Alas, I passed it up for the chance to see Vicky, Christina, Barcelona, but it would have been nice to see on the big screen. It was okay on my little screen, but somehow the claustrophobia and picturesque snow dusted scenes would have been beautiful blown up.
Starring Ben Kingsley as the bad cop, Woody Harrelson as the dumb downed American boyfriend, and Emily Mortimer as his tough protagonist girlfriend these characters take the Transiberian railway from Beijing to Moscow but become sidetracked once they meet a troubled couple who secretly smuggle heroin in small dolls. Kingsley is along for the ride searching for the drug traffickers so he can beat the shit out of them, get their money and live his crooked cop way, not too complicated.
My first thought upon viewing this film was when was the last time Woody Harrelson was in a good film and not a zany t.v show AKA Will and Grace? Second, Emily Mortimer? Holy shit, she played Neve Cambell's role in the faux movie "Stab" from Scream 3! It was a little hard for me to take her seriously even though I'd seen her in other films like Matchpoint or Paris Je Taime but once I did she was pretty good.
I had heard whispers of this film in class last semester and finally decided on a whim to check it out. I'm pretty glad I did. The way it was advertised from my classmates was that it was an edge of your seat thriller, but I didn't find the excitement until the on screen murder done by our fine young protagonist. I kind of liked that it was a little over the top and it suddenly became an on the run, mysterious film with minor violence and corruption.
The most satisfying thing from this film was the fact that Emily Mortimer had a dark secret that was only confessed to one person and in the end, even her husband (Harrelson) didn't even know. How fucked up is that? It was kind of like one of those sayings "I traveled the Transiberian and all I got was a guilty conscious for beating a man senseless in the middle of a frozen tundra and horrible frostbite."
Verdict: I was indifferent of the film. It was a nice change of scene from some of the horrible films labeled as "thrillers" and the pacing/script was pretty realistic. If anything it preyed on claustrophobia and the excitement of meeting strange faces, something maybe we all have sort of dreaded. See it or don't. The scenery is beautiful, unless you live in the Midwest right now, then all you have to do is look out the window and poof! You're on the Transiberian!
Starring Ben Kingsley as the bad cop, Woody Harrelson as the dumb downed American boyfriend, and Emily Mortimer as his tough protagonist girlfriend these characters take the Transiberian railway from Beijing to Moscow but become sidetracked once they meet a troubled couple who secretly smuggle heroin in small dolls. Kingsley is along for the ride searching for the drug traffickers so he can beat the shit out of them, get their money and live his crooked cop way, not too complicated.
My first thought upon viewing this film was when was the last time Woody Harrelson was in a good film and not a zany t.v show AKA Will and Grace? Second, Emily Mortimer? Holy shit, she played Neve Cambell's role in the faux movie "Stab" from Scream 3! It was a little hard for me to take her seriously even though I'd seen her in other films like Matchpoint or Paris Je Taime but once I did she was pretty good.
I had heard whispers of this film in class last semester and finally decided on a whim to check it out. I'm pretty glad I did. The way it was advertised from my classmates was that it was an edge of your seat thriller, but I didn't find the excitement until the on screen murder done by our fine young protagonist. I kind of liked that it was a little over the top and it suddenly became an on the run, mysterious film with minor violence and corruption.
The most satisfying thing from this film was the fact that Emily Mortimer had a dark secret that was only confessed to one person and in the end, even her husband (Harrelson) didn't even know. How fucked up is that? It was kind of like one of those sayings "I traveled the Transiberian and all I got was a guilty conscious for beating a man senseless in the middle of a frozen tundra and horrible frostbite."
Verdict: I was indifferent of the film. It was a nice change of scene from some of the horrible films labeled as "thrillers" and the pacing/script was pretty realistic. If anything it preyed on claustrophobia and the excitement of meeting strange faces, something maybe we all have sort of dreaded. See it or don't. The scenery is beautiful, unless you live in the Midwest right now, then all you have to do is look out the window and poof! You're on the Transiberian!
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