This is my third train fight in a month (see also
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,
Extraction 2). If you were an alien visiting Earth for the first time and didn’t know any better, you would think that trains were the most ubiquitous form of transportation and that people would constantly be running and fighting on the roof. Though, this takes the “slow motion train wreck” to the BEYOND with the CRASHING of the train and the subsequent escaping from the wrecked train in a Rube Goldberg/Buster Keaton sequence that’s both hair-raising and comedic. Thomas Cruise Mapother IV, McQ, and the rest of the filmmakers seem to spend thousands of hours brainstorming ridiculously close calls that defy physics for our entertainment pleasure.
As we saw this in an old theater in Lagos, Portugal, I thought there might be issues with the sound. But after a while, I realized that filmmakers mixed this with the music way up, and many of the sound effects and ambient noises muted, which gives it a montage/music video effect. A choice, for better or for worse, to sustain the audience in a different way. The action is top-notch, naturally, and there’s plenty of suspenseful humor. You will, as always, get your money’s worth.
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