Rating of
1/4
White Men Can't Jump-Except Off a Train.
Indyfreak - wrote on 01/01/19
Money Train became notorious for inspiring a copycat crime. Snipes and Harrelson are both good together and Robert Blake chews the scenery like crazy as their nasty boss. Jennifer Lopez plays a tough latina chick who doesn't really do much. Still, dat azz tho.
It doesn't help that the script is dumb. Really really dumb. A serial killer villain is introduced then killed halfway into the movie. A mob boss villain is dealt with before the actual heist begins in the movie. A love triangle is completely forgotten about by the end. An apparent moral thrown in at the last minute on how crime doesn't pay is completely ignored for a cheap sight gag.
To its credit, the fight scenes and the final train chase are legit good. The train heist especially is a thrilling setpiece with convincing special effects and stunt work.
It's too bad the movie is too sloppy for it to leave an impact aside from the reaction "that must have been expensive".
