Slasher film set on a train without a lot of gore - it's more a thriller - with a decent budget and cast: Jamie Leigh Curtis, Ben Johnson, Hart Bochner, the magician David Copperfield (!). It was Roger Spotiswoode's first movie.
The concept of a slasher on a train can work - it did in Horror Express - but I'm not sure it does here. Maybe because part of the joy of a train movie is the cross section of people and here it's just teens. I didn't get the sense that the train was moving or that it was dangerous outside but maybe I dozed off.
It looks slick, is well acted and Copperfield's role is well integrated - he's a magician who is the main suspect. The magic stuff is different. There's a trans twist at the end which got old fast.
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