This sharp and brutal little yarn about a photographer who stumbles across a serial killer is a fan film if every there was one -- and only fans will be able to stomach it.
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The Midnight Meat Train (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 10 Fresh: 5 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 5.2/10
Rated: R [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Theatrical Release: Aug 1, 2008 Limited
Box Office: $34,394
Synopsis: Next stop…death. When Leon Kaufman’s (Bradley Cooper) latest body of work – a collection of provocative, nighttime studies of the city and its inhabitants -- earns the struggling photographer interest from prominent art gallerist Susan Hoff (Brooke Shields), she propels him to get... [More]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Leslie Bibb, Vinnie Jones, Roger Bart, Peter Jacobson
Director: Ryuhei Kitamura
Screenwriter: Jeff Buhler
Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Richard S. Wright, Eric Reid, Jorge Saralegui, Clive Barker
Composer: Nobuhiko Morino
Screenwriter: Jeff Buhler
Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Richard S. Wright, Eric Reid, Jorge Saralegui, Clive Barker
Composer: Nobuhiko Morino
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We hate to side with the big bad studio, but The Midnight Meat Train -- despite a great title -- really does stink like month-old human flesh.
08/11/08
Top Critic
More interesting than most of the torture-porn or Asian-inspired thrillers that make it to theaters these days, but its tired combination of incongruously pretty fashion-mag photography and outrageously gruesome digital effects is dead on arrival.
08/08/08
An efficient slasher with a surprisingly slow build-up and a decent amount of originality. Plus the best use of Vinnie Jones in any movie
08/04/08
Before flying off the rails in the final curve, The Midnight Meat Train rolls quite smoothly as a mid-'80s-style psycho-killer thriller a la The Hitcher.
08/04/08
Top Critic
It was a pretty neat concept, but it has such a bad script and bogged down with horrendous acting that I can't say it's a good movie
08/04/08
We've all been here before: scarcely-lit, acid-washed cinematography; dreamlike storytelling; absurdly pitched performances; a lauded Asian filmmaker making his American debut; and plenty of CG snap to the bloodletting.
08/02/08
Manages to maintain that sly sense of dread that permeates the best of Barker's horror tales. Certainly one of the most effective horror films of the year.
07/27/08
MEAT TRAIN is the first BOOK OF BLOOD to depart from the station in a long time and it's refreshing to see that the film carries that bleak, yet romantic touch of Clive Barker all over it... it's guaranteed to make you squirm, scream and beg for more!
05/02/08
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