Fresh
Wrenchingly intense and brutally powerful, Andrei Konchalovsky's film rates as a most exciting action epic and is fundamentally serious enough to work strongly on numerous levels.
Variety Staff, Variety
Runaway Train
Desperate, And Determined To Survive.
1985 · 1h 51m · R
Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Andrei Konchalovsky
Overview
A hardened convict and a younger prisoner escape from a brutal prison in the middle of winter only to find themselves on an out-of-control train with a female railway worker while being pursued by the vengeful head of security.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
83%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Somehow one leaves aside the blatant implausibilities, the coincidences, even Eric Roberts, and takes great pleasure in a breakneck ride to the end of the line.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Rotten
The nihilism and the vicious intensity of Mr. Voight's performance here are entirely different from anything else he has done on screen; it's a shame those qualities emerge in such a vigorous but disjointed film.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
Runaway Train belongs to a rare genre: the intelligent thriller.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Fresh
Runaway Train is a reminder that the great adventures are great because they happen to people we care about.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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