The film has a very original script written by Akira Kurosawa. Two convicts manage to escape from a high security prison and find themselves in the middle of a frozen land. They walk for hours and finally jump on a train. However, as soon as the train begins moving, the engineer has a heart attack and falls off the train. The two gets stranded on the speeding runaway train. Action sequences and photography are beautiful. The acting of both Jon Voigt and Eric Roberts is above average. The character development is very nice and includes a psychological subtext. For me, the only problem is that the film is a bit too long.
Review of Runaway Train
