Atomic Train (1999)

Atomic Train (1999) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Icelandic ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Denmark ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
163 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1999 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
David Jackson
Dick Lowry

Written By:
D. Brent Mote
Phil Penningroth

Actors:
Rob Lowe ..... John Seger
Kristin Davis ..... Megan Seger
Esai Morales ..... Noris MacKenzie
John Finn ..... Wally Phister
Mena Suvari ..... Grace Seger
Erik King ..... Beau Randall
Blu Mankuma ..... Reuben Castillo
Don S. Davis ..... General Harlan Ford
Sean Smith ..... Chance MacKenzie
Eric Johnson ..... Danny
Jane Perry ..... Kelly Marx
Chris Ellis ..... Ed Brown
Zack Ward ..... Stan Atkins
Yanna McIntosh ..... Christina Roselli
Edward Herrmann ..... The President

Synopsis:

A waste disposal company has a Russian nuclear bomb to transport, and an employee decides to save money by concealing it on a freight train. The train, also loaded with hazardous and flammable chemicals, suffers a brake failure and becomes a runaway heading for Denver. A wreck would be bad enough, but much, much worse if the bomb goes off. A heroic NTSB investigator boards the train; he and the railwaymen try various ways to stop the train, but nothing works. Meanwhile Denver residents are struggling to collect their families and then leave town, despite rioters and gridlock. Will the train have to be derailed to stop it? If it does derail, will the bomb explode, and if it does, what then?

A rich bureaucrat with a Porsche, a goatee and a defective sense of morality places a defective Russian nuclear warhead aboard a defective American train for cheap disposal but the engine loses its brakes and hurls out of control toward Denver. Will it explode? Will it wipe out half the city? Will the thoughts and prayers of the President--played by Edward Herrmann, in his best Chrysler-salesman mode--do any good? Will Rob Lowe, the major hero of this epic, ever be able to save his career? Atomic Train hauls along every disaster-flick formula you can think of: an estranged couple bonding again during a time of crisis; urban rioting and mayhem; government officials wearing headsets and breathlessly watching video monitors; trigger-happy military men; high-speed stunts; escapes by helicopter; clean-up crews in white spacesuits; many scenes of families being reunited after sub-plot cliffhangers, to major-key crescendos on the soundtrack. The only stereotypical element missing is a dog saved from a fire at the last minute. But, you have to admit, what Atomic Train does it does with pizzazz, a post-Armageddon tone of overly heroic but ultimately disposable machismo and explosions... lots of explosions.

As a train, which is loaded with a Russian nuclear bomb and atomic waste, becomes runaway and heads for the city of Denver, can train enthusiast John Serger save the city and all of its inhabitants?

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 09 June, 2015.