The Midnight Meat Train

Film - 2008

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The Midnight Meat Train it's a movie with Bradley Cooper, Vinnie Jones, Brooke Shields, Leslie Bibb, Roger Bart Full cast. Directed by Ryûhei Kitamura. Original title The Midnight Meat Train, runtime 98 minutes. Genres Mystery, Drama, Crime, Thriller, Horror.

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The subway killer leads you to an inhumane end of

La Prof Dell' Horror

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Midnight mobile butcher, because, rightfully this is its epithet, it comes from the brilliant mind of Clive Barker, and this in itself is a guarantee. In Italy this somewhat clumsy and banal name was given to him, and I really don't understand the reason for having distorted the splendid original title in this way. The film is based on a haunting, bizarre, astonishing tale, one of the best works of the most compelling horror genius. Alas, this massive specimen did not receive the distribution it deserved, and thus ended up marginalized, despite having told one of the most beautiful stories of my absolute myth. (Don't touch me Daddy Barker, or I might become the next Pinhead and torture you...)Leon, played by Bradley Cooper, is an ambitious and frustrated young New York photographer, always looking for a way to stand out and be noticed. When a famous gallery owner finally offers him a chance, he follows his passion for the most mysterious and hidden aspects of the city. His keen curiosity pushes him into the New York underground, and among the subway cars, he begins to fixate on him, chasing a dark, dangerous secret. He will find himself crossing the path of a very disturbing psychopath, who will be played by a superb Vinnie Jones, the perfect cynical, imperturbable and chilling butcher. Leon will identify in that cold executioner a probable serial killer, and nothing and no one will stop his frantic search for the truth, which has now become an anomalous obsession that will end up engulfing him in a vortex of cruel brutality. The screenplay holds up, except for some small lengths unnecessary and avoidable, the photography is excellent, it highlights the grayness of the subway impeccably, and Kitamura's direction is excellent, at times virtuous, not to mention the effects, which are absolutely extraordinary. The acting quality is also high, Roger Bart is also very good, in a role in which he appears wasted, Read all

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A photographer's obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer who stalks late night commuters, ultimately butchering them in the most gruesome ways.