The Midnight Meat Train

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The Midnight Meat Train

Bradley Cooper, Leslie Bibb, Vinnie Jones, Roger Bart, Peter Jacobson

A New York photographer hunts down a serial killer. Based on Clive Barker's short story "Midnight Meat Train"

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  • 76Majikat
    November 22, 2009
    76Majikat
    Hmm, where to start? My thoughts about this film changed constantly throughout. Firstly I chose to watch this film to top up my ?Serial Killers? list and thought at best it could be an average kind of film.

    Almost immediately I was surprised by thte level of violence and gor...( read more)e portrayed, as it was in more of Horror sense and in more of a realistic manner, so that brought my estimation up a tad.

    The storyline itself wasn?t really revealing too much, too early and did heavily rely on the ?he?s gonna catch you in a minute? card. It also seems the film makers really don?t like Vinnie speaking to much in their films!!

    Strangely somewhere toward the end, the film totally lost any credibility with it?s ridiculous conclusion.

    All in all, if you are a fan of gore it?s worth a watch, but nothing much in it if you are not. In it?s credit, it does have a certain scare factor to it.
  • sononothing
    November 16, 2009
    sononothing
    So I was going through the video store, looking around at the garbage that Hollywood produces these days and lo and behold I found a film called Midnight Meat Train. Whoa! This movie doesn't belong here! It belongs in the back behind the beaded curtain. Then I notice Vinnie Jones...( read more) and blood dripping across the window and realized that this is some kind of horror movie.

    Midnight Meat Train follows the exploits of a butcher by day, butcher by night played by Vinnie Jones who boards a late night subway train, gets a few people alone, then proceeds to slaughter them in some of the worst CGI I've ever seen. I'm serious, Abraham Lincoln would laugh at this CGI. Throw in a photographer (Bradley Cooper) who starts investigating our butcher and you get a film that tries to be a little Hitchcockian, but ends up flat, tasteless, and dull. The photographer's decent into the obsession is supposed to be the intriguing part, but it just comes off as a tedious plot point to climb over as we wait for more Vinnie Jones slaughter. Sure Vinnie is a bad ass, but could they have given him at least one other facial expression. It wasn't much of a stretch for Vinnie. Just tell him his favorite soccer team sucks and you have "the look".

    Written by Clive Barker, who is still riding the greatness that was the first Hellraiser, Midnight Meat Train is basically a very cool name with a shit movie attached.
  • stopitgoaway
    September 29, 2009
    stopitgoaway
    I knew this would be worth seeing after hearing that Kitamura was directing this movie. And my hopes were up because although I loved most Clive Barker stories I think the movies mostly were unsatisfying to say he least. I can't remember having seen a decent Clive Barker Movie si...( read more)nce Hellraiser.... until Midnight Meat Train came along.

    Actually I don't get why so many people put this movie down. The cinematography is awesome and the shots of the subway are as impressive and stylish as the city shots. Sure some of the CGI Gore FX looked a bit cheap and also the train FX were easy to spot... still this is a Horror movie and for that the Effects were far above average. I mean come on... the decapitation scene from point of view was a classic and the hammer bashings were raw. I usually hate CGI Blood but here the fountains were pretty impressive and except the real cheap scene where he sees his face in his own puddle of blood I liked it.

    This movie is as well for gore maniacs as for fans of stylish imagery and he Clive Barker fans also won't be let down. I can't quite remember the story but I think they should have explained the whole background more in-depth because the end leaves many questions unanswered.

    Perhaps they should not have spent so much time introducing the photographer, his work and his girlfriend although I think also this part of the movie was done with suspense. After all the movie is about a photographer taking shots of New York at night which draws him to the subway where he gets fascinated by a tall guy he thinks is a murderer. He follows him and tries to uncover where he works and goes at night just to be drawn in too deep in a story that involves trains, butchers and human cattle for evil overlords.

    I think the typical cynicism of Clive Barker came across very well with the butcher dressing up for work, following his time schedule by the minute and pretty much just doing his job.

    So even with the flaws of a script focusing too much on suspense and gore and forgetting to unfold the whole back story to the viewer I think this one is definitely watchable. So don't focus on some worn off one-liners and too tight budget in the FX. After all I think the decapitation scene is destined to be a classic and I haven't seen such a raw and gory, yet kind of funny scene since the opening of the by far inferior "Wrong turn 2". Well done Mr. Kitamura, thumbs down Lionsgate. People should throw tons of money at this guy to make more movies like this and Versus.
  • Deano78
    July 13, 2009
    Deano78
    A pretty decent horror film based on the short story by Clive Barker, which is a bit Stephen King like. It's very bloody and gruesome but the cgi effects make it less shocking. Overall a very simple idea for a film well executed but the cgi effects are over done and the story is ...( read more)a bit too straight forward most of the time.
  • MovieGeek13
    April 30, 2009
    MovieGeek13
    I've never seen a Clive Barker movie until The Midnight Meat Train, and I must say, I am thoroughly impressed. This story is a completely, almost literally downward descent into hell.
    The main character, a New York photographer obsessed with capturing the worst, most deplorabl...( read more)e aspects of city living becomes entangled in a seemingly vast conspiracy involving a train, a man, and a meat cleaver.
    The CGI gore helps ease how truly gross this movie gets at times. The violence is relentless, brutal, and Vinnie Jones, who plays the killer, creates an iconic villain.
    Director Ryuhei Kitamura, who helmed the brilliant Azumi and the pleasantly fun Versus controls scenes very well. He's a bit predictable at times, but the film is no less tense. It works primarily because of Barker's source material. You identify with the characters. They are ordinary people who possess a lot of intelligence, but just enough flaws that lead them into the rabbit hole.
  • tw1ztid1
    December 29, 2009
    tw1ztid1
    for the most part i thought it was just ok. i would have liked more gore but the twist at the end was very nice.
  • imagination22
    December 27, 2009
    imagination22
    Excellent gore wins over in the end, although it has a more substantial plot than most horror films.
  • 339z
    December 26, 2009
    339z
    wow umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch...its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie....i think that bradley cooper, leslie bibb, vinnie jones, roger bart, peter jacobson, brooke shields, barabara eve harris play g...( read more)ood roles/parts thorughout this movie.....i think that the director of this comedy/horror movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie.......i think that this is a good horror movie 2 watch its a really good movie 2 watch with a good cast throughout this movie.....i think that vinnie jones is great as the killer in this movie.....i think that this is a decent horror movie 2 watch with a good cast throughout this movie
  • titans3490
    December 19, 2009
    titans3490
    so much blood its crazy what a twist at the end the story is as crazy as the movie people the eyes get knocked out wow its its hard to explain without wrecking the movie cooper and jones did tremendous acting job you should watch it if your stomach can handle it
  • brokesd
    December 17, 2009
    brokesd
    PUTES: Pretentious Unnecessary Twist Ending Syndrome
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