Plot
Casey Ryback hops on a Colorado to LA train to start a vacation with his niece. Early into the trip, terrorists board the train and use it as a mobile HQ to hijack a top secret destructive US satellite.
Release Year: 1995
Rating: 5.2/10 (19,838 voted)
Director:
Geoff Murphy
Stars: Steven Seagal, Eric Bogosian, Everett McGill
Storyline Casey Ryback has now retired from the Navy and is now a chef at the Mile High Cafe in Denver, Colorado. Ryback taking his niece Sarah Ryback on a vacation. They board a train traveling through the Rocky Mountains from Denver to Los Angeles. Travis Dane takes the train hostage and starts using the train as a control center in his effort to take control of a top-secret government outer space super-weapon. Dane built the weapon but was fired by the government before it was deployed. He has since hooked up with shadowy Middle Eastern terrorists who have offered him 1 billion dollars to use the satellite to blow up the Eastern seaboard by targeting a nuclear reactor that is located underneath the Pentagon. Dane lets the Pentagon know that he's got control of the weapon by using it to blow up a Chinese chemical plant. Officials can't stop him because they can't locate his headquarters...
Writers: Richard Hatem, Matt Reeves
Cast: Steven Seagal
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Casey Ryback
Eric Bogosian
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Travis Dane
Everett McGill
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Marcus Penn
Katherine Heigl
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Sarah Ryback
Morris Chestnut
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Bobby Zachs
Peter Greene
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Mercenary #1
Patrick Kilpatrick
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Mercenary #2
Scott Sowers
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Mercenary #3
Afifi Alaouie
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Female Mercenary
(as Afifi)
Andy Romano
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Admiral Bates
Brenda Bakke
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Captain Linda Gilder
Sandra Taylor
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Kelly, Barmaid
Jonathan Banks
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Scotty, Mercenary
David Gianopoulos
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Captain David Trilling
Royce D. Applegate
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Ryback's Cook
Taglines:
Five million tons of hijacked metal. One billion dollars of satellite weaponry. One American city is targeted for nuclear destruction and only one hero stands in the way.
Release Date: 14 July 1995
Filming Locations: Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
Box Office Details
Budget: $60,000,000
(estimated)
Gross: $50,024,083
(USA)
Technical Specs
Runtime:|
Germany:
(16-rated version)
Did You Know?
Trivia: Julian Sands and Jeff Goldblum were among those who refused the role of Travis Dane.
Goofs:
Continuity:
After recovering the CD from under the train, Penn says to Sarah, "Guess your uncle wasn't that good after all." But none of the bad guys has yet established the exact connection between Sarah and Casey, except that Sarah is traveling as Casey's '+1' on the passenger manifest.
Quotes:
[first lines]
Gen. Cooper:
Tom, thanks for coming.
User Review
'Nobody beats me in the kitchen!"
Rating: 8/10
Steven Seagal reprises his role as a one time SEAL team captain, a
counter-terrorist expert who had to rely only on his personal skills in
order to survive, and protect the hostages... He happens to be on the
Grand Continental passenger train traveling from Denver to L.A...
Seagal joins the only family he has, a 'cute kid' named Sarah
(Katherine Heigl) after her parents died in a plane crash...
Seagal has an electrifying screen presence... Seeing him in action is
similar to appreciating modern art...
The train is hijacked by a team of 'ugly men' with guns... Their chief,
Travis Dane (Eric Bogosian), is a high-tech mastermind, who fakes his
own death in order to gain control of a top-secret nuclear satellite...
For this crazy technical genius, technology can be used for beauty or
debasement, and 'until you plug it in, you just can't tell.'
Dane's henchman Penn (Everett McGill) is a soldier of fortune freak,
whose relationship with his boss resurfaced during Desert Storm...
Morris Chestnut's focus is on humor and breath-taking sequences...
Geoff Murphy's film is incredibly entertaining, combining action,
martial arts, and dark sense of humor...
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