Monday, October 13, 2008

Midnight Meat Train

A Photographer is attempting to shoot New York City the way it's never been shot before and show the real side of the city.  He saves a girl from getting mugged and shoots some pictures while doing so of the attempted mugging.  The next day the girl goes missing and he begins to investigate and track down a killer.  His journey takes him to a train that runs 24 hours a day but weird things happen in the wee hours of the morning.
    Vinnie Jones (The Condemned) plays the killer and does a damn fine job in my opinion.  He slaughters people on this train once most everyone has departed for the night.  His murder weapon is a meat tenderizer which is unique and awesome.  Some people might think the cgi gore was too much but I thought it fit right in perfectly. 
Most movies have an ending that is somewhat predictible but this one I was nowhere near guessing it.  Not going to ruin it but the ending is bustin for sure. 
My favorite part of the movie were the camera angles during many of the scenes.  The one in particular would be this girl who gets decapitated but the camera angle that is used is one that is from her perspective of it happening.  So in essence you get to see yourself get decapitated!  Pretty wicked awesome.  I marked out for that one and had to rewind.
9/10  Really good horror/gore flick. 
I really think this one would have done well had the film company ever released more than 100 prints in America.

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