The Midnight Meat Train
Ryuhei Kitamura
Destination: cult favourite status.
Bradley Cooper (Kitchen Confidential, 2005-2006) plays a photographer who accidentally captures on film evidence that a creepy butcher (Vinnie Jones from 1998's Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels) is linked to a young model's disappearance.
He begins to tail the meat-carver and discovers a more disturbing and sinister conspiracy taking place on the late-night trains.
Based on a short story by Clive Barker (whose The Hellbound Heart was filmed as the 1987 horror classic Hellraiser), this is a blood- drenched, tension-soaked ride which takes a detour into unexpected territory.
The climactic confrontation in a train carriage filled with trussed-up human bodies is a sight you will not forget in a hurry.
Known for his fighting scenes and action sequences in films such as Azumi (2003) and Sky High (2003), it would appear that Japanese director Ryuhei Kitamura's sensibility remains happily intact in the crossover to Hollywood.
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He begins to tail the meat-carver and discovers a more disturbing and sinister conspiracy taking place on the late-night trains.
Based on a short story by Clive Barker (whose The Hellbound Heart was filmed as the 1987 horror classic Hellraiser), this is a blood- drenched, tension-soaked ride which takes a detour into unexpected territory.
The climactic confrontation in a train carriage filled with trussed-up human bodies is a sight you will not forget in a hurry.
Known for his fighting scenes and action sequences in films such as Azumi (2003) and Sky High (2003), it would appear that Japanese director Ryuhei Kitamura's sensibility remains happily intact in the crossover to Hollywood.
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