Transsiberian

So you're traveling across Russia on the Transsiberian railway, and you try to be polite and make conversation with your random cabin mates. Well, turns out they're drug runners, and the guy kinda wants to rape you, and the girlfriend has gotten mixed up with this guy. What do you do? The plot of this movie is not clear from the get go. I have no idea whats going to happen with this naive American couple looking to find some adventure by taking a safe railroad trip. I have no idea what these crazy cabin mates are going to do. That's what made this a good movie, well that and the actors.

The acting was fantastic. The first half of the movie was incredibly engaging and drew me in because of the chemistry between the American woman (Emily Mortimer, not playing the nice girl for once) and the mysterious Spanish(?) cabin mate played by the charming and creepy Eduardo Noriega. As I described it to someone, he is fantastic at playing someone who sucks you into his character but at the same time kinda looks like he might wanna rape you. He played Tom Cruise's character in the original "Vanilla Sky", called "Abre los ojos/Open your Eyes", which was millions times better than the American version, but you can get a sense from that what kind of creepy/engaging he is. The second half of the film is much more action filled and lost a little from that, but once Ben Kingsley shows up it picks up speed again.

Here's a pic of the cabin mates, played by Kate Mara (heavy on the eye makeup) and Noriega.

The ending was not my favorite, it was just predictable that it was heading that way, but it was solid and it made sense. But for the cinematography, the acting, and for the first two acts of the story, this is a must see thriller that I recommend.

Looking at the blog, I've been watching some good movies lately. I swear, I don't always like every movie as much as I liked this or "Taken" etc., lol.