Travel Films: Transsiberian Is an Ice-Cold Thriller
We went to see the movie Transsiberian this weekend on the name alone, and it was totally awesome. We're hardly the first to compare it to a Hitchcock thriller, but the parallels couldn't be more apparent.
Woody Harrelson does a tremendous job as the overly loud, not-quite-with-it American tourist and Emily Mortimer ("Lars and the Real Girl") is wonderful as his more worldly wife. Shortly after the pair boards the train from Beijing to Moscow, a mysterious young couple joins them in their cabin. It's not much longer before things get super creepy. (Ben Kingsley shows up later as a Russian detective.)
The Brad Anderson film premiered at Sundance earlier this year and so far is in a very limited release in New York City. We tried to get distribution info from the studio, but haven't heard anything back just yet. For now, you can check updated showtimes at Moviefone.
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