Transsiberian

Loved this movie and wonder why it was so under-marketed. I went to see it because I actually took the Trans-Siberian train this summer and so of course this movie intrigued me. (Luckily my trip was not so eventful!) While of... Full review

A handful of familiar plot elements (all used effectively by Hitchcock, so let's not look down our noses here) is vividly drawn in a great location. We're not on Amtrak and the more perilous side of American's traveling in distant lands... Full review

It is amazing that one can now associate Siberia with one of the best movies of 2008, a film that is put together adroitly, flows delicately with the help of a tight script that touches on topics we have seen before... Full review

Brad Anderson is probably the best unknown director working today. He's the independent Christopher Nolan, often making character-driven, psychologically complex flicks that transcend the trappings of their respective genres. In the past he has successfully combined elements from time-travel thrillers and... Full review

A church-going Iowa couple has just finished missionary work in China and is headed home via the Transsiberian railway. Hubby loves trains. Wife, who we learn has an alcoholic past, wants a bit of adventure. They get more than they bargained... Full review

Trains are famously atmospheric, especially on long runs across remote areas like China to Moscow through Siberia. Voilà: the Transsiberian railway. The quartet who meet in a compartment aren't really likable, but you're thrown in with them, like on a train--the... Full review

This movie could have been a brilliant one but falls short due to over simplification.Roy and Jessie are an American couple on board the transsiberian train from beijing to moscow.This particular route has its fair share of crime with drug transfers... Full review

I had heard little about this film before watching it, apart from the cast that included the wonderful Ben Kingsley as well as Emily Mortimer and Woody Harrelson. Who each added a great depth to their respective characters making for compelling... Full review

The first scene makes you believe that you are about to see an interesting thriller! (hahaha, you fool!) With a slow and Boring start this movie dragged on through the first act revolving around the relationship of Jesse and Roy,... Full review

Great actors, a nice thriller plot, what else does someone need. I guess not much more. But to me the special something "ingredient" is missing. I can't point out what it is, but it feels like something special is missing... Full review

Transsiberian falls into that lovely category of train-set suspense movies that hurtle forward with steely resolve even as characters get sucked up and sometimes mangled by the machinery. Yet Transsiberian is more than a rote thriller; its also a sharp character study actually, several studies in which the information about each character is slowly revealed and every scrap of knowledge further informs our understanding of the plot and the connections among the characters. ... Full Review

I came away just shy of disappointed as the film never really jumped off the screen, but kept me asking questions the whole way. begin to do things no rational thinking person would do it hurts the overall effect ... Full Review

In general, the film looks and sounds great, which is no surprise. I think their work could take a dim view of mans nature sometimes, and TRANSSIBERIAN certainly grapples with the reflex of lying for self-preservation in a way that is both accurate and almost impossible to take in a few scenes. ... Full Review

She is the lead without a doubt, playing the wife of a religious man (Harrelson). The mood, the performances, the cinematography all top notch. I wouldnt say this is as good as Anderson can be, but I really enjoyed it. ... Full Review

That said, Ben Kingsley is simply amazing in anything he does so if you need a reason to see this film, that would be the one. The best way to describe it is your classic suspense / thriller picture set in an exotic location. ... Full Review

El veterano actor Ben Kingsley ha decidido seguir los pasos de otros compañeros de profesión y desarrollar sus propios proyectos a través de la productora que fundó el año pasado, la británica SBK Pictures. ... Full Article

One of the best summer movies you probably didn't see, Transsiberian (First Look Pictures, $29 DVD, $35 Blu-ray) loses a bit of its widescreen luster on home video, but the movie's bruising suspense remains intact. ... Full Article

By Gary Wolcott, atomictown.com Nice plot twists here and there anchor a slow-moving cross-country thriller on a train. Woody Harrelson and Emily Mortimer are missionaries in China who decide to take the train to Moscow before heading back to the... ... Full Article

Opens today at the Broadway Centre Cinemas; rated R for some violence, including torture and language; 111 minutes. Indie director Brad Anderson - who has done romantic comedy ("Next Stop Wonderland"), horror ("Session 9") and brooding futuristic drama ("The Machinist")... ... Full Article

"Transsiberian" has more twists and turns in it than the real-life, extensive train route that gives this independently produced suspense-thriller its name. Admittedly, that unpredictable, bobbing-and-weaving plot element becomes a little wearying, and things get pretty nasty and vicious toward... ... Full Article