Two foster brothers work as transit cops. While one's life is as good as it gets, the other's is at an all time low.
After losing his job, getting dumped by his brother, and getting seven bells kicked out of him by a loan shark, He implements his plan to steal the titular train.
A train carrying the New York Subway's weekly revenue. But when things don't go according to plan, will his brother be able to save him in time....
It was inevitable that after the success of White Men can't Jump and Bad Boys, that Hollywood re-team this pair because of the chemistry they had in that 1992 comedy.
Make them cops, and you have a sure fire hit on your hands..Well you would if the main focus was on the killer The Torch, played wonderfully by Chris Cooper, rather than Harrelson trying to steal because he's gambled his life away.
And this is why the film doesn't work. Harrelson is supposed to come across as a lovable rogue, but he's just a hindrance to everyone and everything, and he comes across as a complete moron.
Snipes is the voice of reason, and is the reason to watch this film. He's on top form here, acting wise and action wise, and elevates the film whenever he's on screen.
The film has a very nasty racist streak down it, in the form of Robert Blake's abhorrent pantomime villain. The only thing that's missing from his outfit is a white hood, the script is so blunt with it's casual racism, it ruins the flow of the film.
The ending borrows from Speed, and although it's set at Christmas, it's about as festive as the hangover after new year's day.
But it's not boring, Lopez makes a good supporting character, and the afterthought of The Torch sub-plot is the most interesting part of the film.
If this was the primary part of the narrative, it could have been quite a good comedy thriller.
Instead, the film wants you to root for a gambling loser who thinks that the world owes him something.
After losing his job, getting dumped by his brother, and getting seven bells kicked out of him by a loan shark, He implements his plan to steal the titular train.
A train carrying the New York Subway's weekly revenue. But when things don't go according to plan, will his brother be able to save him in time....
It was inevitable that after the success of White Men can't Jump and Bad Boys, that Hollywood re-team this pair because of the chemistry they had in that 1992 comedy.
Make them cops, and you have a sure fire hit on your hands..Well you would if the main focus was on the killer The Torch, played wonderfully by Chris Cooper, rather than Harrelson trying to steal because he's gambled his life away.
And this is why the film doesn't work. Harrelson is supposed to come across as a lovable rogue, but he's just a hindrance to everyone and everything, and he comes across as a complete moron.
Snipes is the voice of reason, and is the reason to watch this film. He's on top form here, acting wise and action wise, and elevates the film whenever he's on screen.
The film has a very nasty racist streak down it, in the form of Robert Blake's abhorrent pantomime villain. The only thing that's missing from his outfit is a white hood, the script is so blunt with it's casual racism, it ruins the flow of the film.
The ending borrows from Speed, and although it's set at Christmas, it's about as festive as the hangover after new year's day.
But it's not boring, Lopez makes a good supporting character, and the afterthought of The Torch sub-plot is the most interesting part of the film.
If this was the primary part of the narrative, it could have been quite a good comedy thriller.
Instead, the film wants you to root for a gambling loser who thinks that the world owes him something.