The film revolves around Christian missionaries Roy (Woody Harrelson) and Jesse (Emily Mortimer). After returning from China, they both decided to take a train from Beijing to Moscow, but soon the train becomes a fool-and-kill chase in front of an already mysterious couple.
Transsiberian is a model of audience manipulation, a slow-fuse thriller that builds its suspense gradually, in increments, until it has becomes close to unbearable. Then it pushes things just a little further, until you're squirming in your seat.
sbs.com.au
December 31, 2010
Mystery-train thriller chills, then goes off the rails.
Director Brad Anderson throws in a red herring or two as he comments on Eurotrash and the greed-fueled lawlessness of the former Soviet Union, but he ultimately makes an even stronger statement about the dark side of female empowerment.
