Excellent but underrated film

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

This movie really isn't that bad.The acting isn't ponderous or terribly compelling, the story line is interesting, perhaps a little predictable. The actors are a relatively obscure lot. I may not be the most knowledgeable guy when it comes to low-grade actors, but I kinda enjoyed the cannibal Russian. He was funny. Not in an intentional way unfortunately. What kills the movie is the huge number of continuity problems.The soundtrack is terrible. Typical canned background score.I don't want to say too much about this movie. Watch it once. Or not. Its not the end of the world either way.

It's a good movie, for a B-List action flick. I mean, the only real headliners are Sean Patrick Flannery and Arnold Vosloo. It is a direct-to-DVD release that has a LOT of footage from other movies.SPOILERS: If you haven't seen the movie, then please, skip down. The most annoying parts are the plane crash (taken from Stallone's movie "Cliffhanger" and some of the train scenes taken from some 1985 movie I've never heard of. The other annoying part is that in the climax of the movie, the true bad guy (played by Tim Thomerson) shoots 15 shots from a 6-shot revolver. I mean, I thought Hollywood was done with that when the old spaghetti western went out with John Wayne. Please, if you are going to have a guy shoot that many shots, at least give him a Baretta. END OF SPOILERSSo, overall, if you like action films, this one is good. It has plenty of action, plenty of OK special effects, and a good story. If anything, Arnold Vosloo is a highlight as the film's main antagonist, as he has plenty of psychotic henchmen. He even makes some of the cheesy, action movie cliché dialog believable.

One of the best movies I've seen in a long time. OK, so it's not The Matrix or Lord of the Rings - but it's not trying to be either. Con Express is something different.The main characters, played by Arnold Vosloo and Sean Patrick Flanery, deliver countless moments of pure cinematic excellence. The train scenes are overflowing with action and somewhat reminiscent of James Bond's "The Spy Who Loved Me".At its most basic, the story revolves around two cold war rivals who have both been deceived by a classic "good guy gone bad" high ranking officer. It's near impossible to portray the feeling of betrayal that must be going through the mind of Anton Simeonov towards the end of Con Express, but Vosloo does it perfectly.With impressive music and actors who really know how to act, Con Express will keep you at the edge of your seat throughout!

Con Express is a second rate action movie with first rate directon, acting and an effective score.I 1st saw a screening of it at the Waterfront Film Festival in Saugatuk, Michigan and then recently on it's DVD. This movie also has a good sense of humor and doesn't take itself too seriously. The direction of Terry Cunnigham is rather innovative considering the productions budgetary limitations. Sean Patrick Flanery is great and I've been a fan of his ever sine The Boondock Saints. And Arnold Vosloo is the villian. (That's right the Mummy from The Mummy, and also the much better Hard Target, directed by action-master John Woo) He's the world's most dangerous terrorist and he's just stolen some barrels of the deadly Saran gas. Flanery plays Alex Brooks a post Sept. 11th Alaskan Customs agent who catches Simconov (Vosloo) and confiscates the barrels of Saran. Brooks is accompanied by a female agent named Natalya (Ursula Karven) who is after Simconov for revenge after he bombed a federal building with her son inside. They get on a plane with Simconov in custody, but it isn't long before everything goes wrong. Simconov parachutes out of the plane and then it crashes. The only survivors are Brooks and Natalya. It's up to them to stop Simconov from retrieving the barrels of Saran, which are on a train guarded with Marines heading through the Canadian wilderness.Lots of action, plenty of smiles and an overall worthwhile watch.(Also B-Movie veteran Tim Thomerson of Trancers fame plays Brooks superior.)