Money Train (1995)

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Money Train (1995) ** (out of 4)Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson are foster brothers who also work as transit cops for NYC. Charlie (Harrelson) decides to rob the transit cash flow to get back at his chief (Robert Blake) sho obviously John (Snipes) must go along to protect him.I still remember walking into MONEY TRAIN when it first opened. The entire theater had a buzz going because they were excited to see the WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP co-stars together again and this time in an action film. As the film started there were a few scattered laughs but by the halfway point people were starting to get restless and by the time the movie was over most people left disappointed.I think it's pretty easy tos ee why WHITE MEN CAN'T JUMP still packs a great punch today while MONEY TRAIN has pretty much been forgotten. It's certainly not far to ever compare movies so lets just take a look at MONEY TRAIN on its own. The film was meant to be an action buddy movie but sadly there aren't enough laughs for it to work as a comedy adn the action scenes are rather poorly directed.The film really doesn't have too much going for it other than the performers who are all on board. Both Snipes and Harrelson are in fine form and once again they have a great chemistry. You can tell that they are working their behinds off in every scene but there's just nothing there for them to work with. Blake is great chewing up the scenes and Jennifer Lopez is nice eye candy but the four are pretty much left in a film without much of a screenplay.

Two foster brothers work as transit cops. While one's life is as good as it gets, the other's is at an all time low. After losing his job, getting dumped by his brother, and getting seven bells kicked out of him by a loan shark, He implements his plan to steal the titular train. A train carrying the New York Subway's weekly revenue. But when things don't go according to plan, will his brother be able to save him in time....It was inevitable that after the success of White Men can't Jump and Bad Boys, that Hollywood re-team this pair because of the chemistry they had in that 1992 comedy.Make them cops, and you have a sure fire hit on your hands..Well you would if the main focus was on the killer The Torch, played wonderfully by Chris Cooper, rather than Harrelson trying to steal because he's gambled his life away.And this is why the film doesn't work. Harrelson is supposed to come across as a lovable rogue, but he's just a hindrance to everyone and everything, and he comes across as a complete moron.Snipes is the voice of reason, and is the reason to watch this film. He's on top form here, acting wise and action wise, and elevates the film whenever he's on screen.The film has a very nasty racist streak down it, in the form of Robert Blake's abhorrent pantomime villain. The only thing that's missing from his outfit is a white hood, the script is so blunt with it's casual racism, it ruins the flow of the film.The ending borrows from Speed, and although it's set at Christmas, it's about as festive as the hangover after new year's day.But it's not boring, Lopez makes a good supporting character, and the afterthought of The Torch sub-plot is the most interesting part of the film.If this was the primary part of the narrative, it could have been quite a good comedy thriller.Instead, the film wants you to root for a gambling loser who thinks that the world owes him something.

Money Train is nothing spectacular, but it definitely is worth every minute it takes to watch it. The direction does what it is asked to do, and it enables the very capable cast to take the action-comedy just where it wants to go. The film does not reach any higher it has chances to go to, so it ends up nailing all it's set targets.The plot is simple enough to follow without activating too many brain cells, yet it is engaging enough to create much enjoyable tension that leads to the eventual conclusion of the film. And here we have the pleasure of Harrelson and Snipes working the chemistry they already showed in White Men Can't Jump.To be honest, I can not say this film is a gem. There is nothing extremely spectacular or exciting or touching. But like I wrote earlier, it's not trying, either, but what it tries to accomplish, it manages to. And with such good workers involved in this film, the result can only be enjoyable.Much over-shadowed by another action comedy from the same year, Bad Boys, for me Money Train is one of those films that define what this type of films should always set out to do. Nowadays action-comedies either push too much on the action, and the comedy drowns in all the bruises and splatter, or the attempt to squeeze as many laughs as possible leaves out the excitement of action and thus the films fall flat without a good drive.Money Train also benefits from being very much a product of the nineties. It's not campy, takes itself seriously enough, and thus has aged well so far, and I see no reason why it shouldn't stay a solid 110 minutes of entertainment whenever it gets screened.

While this film is several years old now, it is still not too bad to watch when it shows up on network TV. At the time it came out, both Woody Harrison and Wesly Snipes were HUGE box office draws..so they put them both together in a film..expecting magic to happen. It wasn't a amazing memorable film though. Fun..yes...parts were kind of laughable. The idea of them being "brothers" of sorts was cool too. They aren't perfect people with perfect lives..the flaws were quite clear..but we like them anyway. Adding Robert Blake was great as well. His tightly wound character looked like he could explode at any moment. It makes us wonder about how warped other parts of his life might be. I did think having Jennifer Lopez on board as a female cop/love interest was a little too much. She was just coming onto the scene as a performer..and it shows here...although not much has improved about her acting skills over the years...she needs to stick with music in my opinion.Did we need to be reminded she was a woman AND of ethnic decent too? The part could have been played by anyone...or simply not been added at all. I guess she was more or less eye candy here. I think my favorite part was the ending...when they had rolled the train..and were confronted by Robert Blakes extremely enraged character in the subway. After all they had been through...they still could stay cool enough to handle in with one swift and direct punch...which he dearly deserved. They end up getting away with the crime..which was wrong..yet..right too. Did they deserve all the money? Maybe. The fact they screwed the system and got away with it? Awesome.