Death Train
5.4 /10 1 Votes
Genre Action
Thriller Music director Trevor Jones Duration Country United States | 5.2/10 IMDb Director David Jackson Screenplay David Jackson Writer David Jackson Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date USA April 14, 1993
UK December 28, 1996 Cast Pierce Brosnan (Michael 'Mike' Graham), Patrick Stewart (Malcolm Philpott), Alexandra Paul (Sabrina Carver), Ted Levine (Alex Tierney), Christopher Lee (General Konstanin Benin), John Abineri (Dr. Karl Leitzig)Similar movies Interstellar , Independence Day , Salt , Blackhat , Battleship , The Last Samurai Tagline It's Die Hard at 90 miles an hour! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Death Train (also known as Detonator) is a 1993 made-for-TV movie featuring Pierce Brosnan, Patrick Stewart, Christopher Lee, Ted Levine, and Alexandra Paul. The script was based on an Alistair MacLean novel of the same name, which in turn was based on an Alistair MacLean screenplay.
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Plot
With the aid of a German nuclear physicist, dissident Russian General Konstantin Benin (Christopher Lee), a military casualty of the Soviet collapse, is conspiring to restore the Soviet Union to superpower status. His plan is to place a nuclear bomb on a train controlled by mercenaries, led by Alex Tierney (Ted Levine), bound for Iraq, forcing the Russian army to invade Iraq to recover it and once again mobilize its might - creating a new military union in the process. Malcolm Philpott (Patrick Stewart), the head of the United Nations Anti-Crime Organisation (UNACO), entrusts the mission of stopping the train and its deadly cargo to a multinational team led by field operative Mike Graham (Pierce Brosnan) and information analyst Sabrina Carver (Alexandra Paul) who are forced to form a reluctant partnership as the international balance of power hits crisis point.
Cast
Locations
Most of the film was shot on location in Slovenia and Croatia.
DVD release
The Region 2 UK DVD release (by Prism Leisure) of Death Train lacks English subtitles for the Russian dialogue. The scenes with Russian dialogue are meant to be hard-subbed, as was the case with TV broadcast, VHS, and the Region 1 American DVD versions.
Sequel
Pierce Brosnan and Alexandra Paul returned for the sequel Detonator II (Night Watch). Night Watch is available on Region 1 DVD both individually and bundled as a double pack with Death Train/Detonator.
References
Death Train WikipediaDeath Train IMDb Death Train themoviedb.org