Runaway Train

Dir. Andrei Konchalovsky. 1985, 110 mins. U.S. 35mm. With Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay, John P. Ryan. Voight and Roberts both received Oscar nominations for their gripping, physically instinctive performances in Russian filmmaker Konchalovsky’s bullet-paced American thriller based upon an original story by Akira Kurosawa. After being released from three years in solitary confinement, convicted bank robber Manny (Voight) enfolds fellow prisoner Buck (Roberts) in his plan to escape via a sewer tunnel. Once emerged, the two men hijack a locomotive, embarking on a journey with authorities in hot pursuit and railroad officials trying to stop them. As they shuttle off into the wintry Alaskan hinterlands, their ride to freedom grows increasingly existential.  

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