A TransSiberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.
As Alfred Hitchcock demonstrated three times, trains make a nifty setting for a thriller.
– Ruthe Stein,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Oct 2008
fresh:
Director Brad Anderson throws in a red herring or two as he comments on Eurotrash and the greed-fueled lawlessness of the former Soviet Union, but he ultimately makes an even stronger statement about the dark side of female empowerment.
– Andrea Gronvall,
Chicago Reader,
17 Nov 2008
rotten:
Unfortunately, there's never a moment where you can't see Anderson and his co-writer, Will Conroy, yanking on the strings.
– Wesley Morris,
Boston Globe,
17 Nov 2008
fresh:
A thriller aboard the Trans-Siberian line, stretching roughly 5,000 miles from Beijing to Moscow, should be a cinch, right? Not so fast, Casey Jones.
– Chris Nashawaty,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Nov 2008
fresh:
All in all, the film is an excellent, if modest, alternative for moviegoers who have been blockbustered into submission this summer.