Transsiberian

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Transsiberian

R

Released Jul 18, 2008

1h 51m

Mystery & Thriller

Crime

Drama

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On their way home from China, married Christian missionaries Roy (Woody Harrelson) and Jessie (Emily Mortimer) take a train from Beijing to Moscow. On board, they befriend Carlos (Eduardo Noriega) and Abby (Kate Mara). When Roy does not return in time at one stop, Jessie waits for him to catch up at the next station. Carlos and Abby stay with her, insisting the town is unsafe, however Carlos' attempts to "befriend" Jessie radically change the dynamic of the trip.

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Critics Consensus

Traditional in form yet effective in execution, this taut thriller updates the "danger on a train" scenario with atmospheric sense.

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Mark Rahner

Seattle Times

A first-class white-knuckle trip.

May 5, 2020

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Gervase de Wilde

Daily Telegraph (UK)

The eventual resolution is too neat, but striking cinematography and brilliant performances sustain Transsiberian and leave you wondering why it never made it to UK cinemas.

May 5, 2020

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Rob Mackie

Guardian

Strangely denied a cinema release here in the UK, Transsiberian is an enjoyably devious thriller.

Rated: 4/5

May 1, 2020

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

I find the execution of 'Transsiberian' somewhat conventional, despite the fact that the premise has a promising start. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 6/10

Aug 8, 2020

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Sergi Sánchez

Fotogramas

What could have been a... 1970s Europudding byproducts turns into an entertaining thriller.

Rated: 3/5

May 5, 2020

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Al Hoff

Pittsburgh City Paper

Unfortunately, it all builds to a last reel that is truly off the rails - a strenuous bit of action-flick silliness seriously at odds with the more low-key, psychological thriller that precedes it.

May 5, 2020

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Gio F

I was looking for hidden gems and I've found one. Great acting, too.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/30/25

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Ronald H

Inexorable suspense. Hitchcock would approve.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/25

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Horror fan 4

A nice thrill ride from China to Russia. It wasn't as good as I'd thought it would be. Nice twist but the story we've seen many times only this version is on a train. The performances were good. Tim Treakle

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/05/24

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Georgan G

A great train ride mystery. The scenery is beautiful, the acting perfect and the plot twists entrancing.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/19/24

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Luis M. D

Good movie. The best moments are in the middle part when the female protagonist felt nervous and guilty for what she had done. The final part, while still absorbing, abandoned finesse and subtlety for adrenaline and action.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/10/24

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Jack S

Generally well-made, sometimes suspenseful and often exciting, this is one of those thrillers that establishes the scene effectively and introduces the main characters well initially, but then becomes increasingly less plausible as it goes along. Mortimer is outstanding throughout (although she's simply too smart a character to, for example, believably travel on a whim with a suspicious stranger to the middle of nowhere in a foreign country—in minus 23 degree cold—all while somehow conveniently forgetting about the stranger's absent girlfriend [Mara] that she'd earlier befriended!). Kingsley dominates his scenes, as usual. However, Harrelson, a fine actor in other films, is simply impossible to take seriously here. Overall, it's worth a look, but only if you don't scrutinize some of the details of the complicated plot.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/29/23

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Synopsis

On their way home from China, married Christian missionaries Roy (Woody Harrelson) and Jessie (Emily Mortimer) take a train from Beijing to Moscow. On board, they befriend Carlos (Eduardo Noriega) and Abby (Kate Mara). When Roy does not return in time at one stop, Jessie waits for him to catch up at the next station. Carlos and Abby stay with her, insisting the town is unsafe, however Carlos' attempts to "befriend" Jessie radically change the dynamic of the trip.

Director: Brad Anderson
Producer: Julio Fernández
Screenwriter: Will Conroy
Distributor: First Look
Production Co: Filmax, Canal+ España, Castelao Producciones S.A., Scout Productions, Telecinco Cinema
Rating: R (Some Violence|Language|Torture)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 18, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 10, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.2M
Runtime: 1h 51m

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