Agent Brooks tells his side of a botched job at a job interview for for the Head of Customs in Alaska. He takes a tip that a shipment of bio-weaponry is coming in and discovers a Russian ter... Read allAgent Brooks tells his side of a botched job at a job interview for for the Head of Customs in Alaska. He takes a tip that a shipment of bio-weaponry is coming in and discovers a Russian terrorist, Simeonov, is behind it. Brooks assembles a team and they go down to the docks to c... Read allAgent Brooks tells his side of a botched job at a job interview for for the Head of Customs in Alaska. He takes a tip that a shipment of bio-weaponry is coming in and discovers a Russian terrorist, Simeonov, is behind it. Brooks assembles a team and they go down to the docks to check the tip out. There a shoot-fest follows, an undercover FBI agent surfaces and a Russi... Read all
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The acting isn't ponderous or terribly compelling, the story line is interesting, perhaps a little predictable. The actors are a relatively obscure lot. I may not be the most knowledgeable guy when it comes to low-grade actors, but I kinda enjoyed the cannibal Russian. He was funny. Not in an intentional way unfortunately.
What kills the movie is the huge number of continuity problems.
The soundtrack is terrible. Typical canned background score.
I don't want to say too much about this movie. Watch it once. Or not. Its not the end of the world either way.
Maybe it's cause lack of marketing, but I think it is more because of lack of snappy dialog and a good catch phrase.
It could be the box cover or maybe the title, but it just doesn't catch the appeal of say DIE HARD, Speed, Under Siege - there's just not enough ZING in the title.
The overall story isn't bad and a little more tension could have been made with the airplane crash and some areas such as chases.
Had Sean Patrick Flannery been a headline name, this would be theatrical release instead of straight to video.
Seeing all that snow brings the story to a slow pace, but overall it passes time and entertains in it's formulated way.
Obviously, a railroad consultant was not employed, and such a consultant's absence is wildly obvious - for examplpe, a living-room-sized cab mock-up many times the size of the cab of the featured locomotive, with engine controls that are wholly unrealistic, etc.
Of course, a non-railroad audience will be oblivious to this. Still, it's sad that a few of today's films, like "Con Express," are technically slipshod.
The plot goes like this: Alex Brooks (Flanery) is an special agent assigned to bring down Anton Simeonov (Vosloo) who has a nuclear device. Brooks has to team up with another agent (Ursula Karven) when he gets double-crossed. The Cold War is back and it's heating up...
This is one of the last movies produced by PM entertainment. It looks like they spared no expense (except the stock footage of "Runaway Train"). The action scenes are well-shot. The stand-out is the gunfight in the cabin. Flanery, Karven, and Vosloo put in good performances for the silly material.
If you're looking for a good couch potato movie, "Con Express" should fit the bill.
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Did you know
- TriviaThe movie uses film footage from Runaway Train (1985) and Cliffhanger (1993).
- GoofsThe red truck changes from a dual axle drive to a single axle and then back again.
- ConnectionsEdited from Runaway Train (1985)
- SoundtracksFinal Stand
Written by Thurane AungKhin
Performed by New Jerusalem
Published by Nitrogen Music Company & Tiegtoons Music BMI
Courtesy of Gray Dot/Bulletproof/Bulletboy Music
Details
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color