Midnight Meat Train

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I have wanted to watch this horror movie for quite some time, I think that the cast and genre were what drew me to it, with “hard-man” Vinnie Jones and “woman’s dream” Bradley Cooper. Unusually of all, is that Bradley Cooper is in a horror. This must have been one of his stepping stones towards international stardom.

Anyway, back to the films synopsis, the film is about obsessed photographer, Leon, he absolutely loves photography, however this has a detrimental effect on his current relationship with his girlfriend Maya, he takes pictures of situations in the city, while we are learning about Leon and his problems, throughout (the film) you see Vinnie Jone’s character “Mahogany”, brutally murdering people in different ways on a New York subway train.

The first thought that popped in my head when watching this film was, this is the most ridiculous, unrealistic film that I have seen. However fear not all the questions are answered in the end, i.e. what is he doing with all the bodies, how is he able to kill all these people without the conductor knowing about it.

Back to the storytelling, one night Leon gets out of bed in the middle of the night to go and get some photos he ends up breaking up a potential rape and gets a photo that makes another famous photographer intrested in his style of photography. She sets him the task of finding another 2 photographs that will really set the world alight.

He eventually finds out that the girl he saved on that fateful night, has now gone missing and so he investigates Mahogany, he was also on the same train as the young lady (who is also revealed to be a famous model, within the realm of the film.) low and behold Leon does not know what he is getting himself into and so the killing starts.

The film is certainly not for the squeamish, the CGI isn’t that great, but I am surprised that they haven’t remastered it for a 3D version, the camera angles are unique to say the least and they would work really well for a 3D version.

Clearly you can’t expect too much on the acting side of things, there are no Oscars or Golden Globes with this film, although the acting isn’t that bad it could have been better.

Overall the film is quite enjoyable, with an excellent twist at the end. Although you can see it coming, it’s definitely worth watching all the way through, maybe not worth a rent, but definitely not one you can watch over and over again.