Disgraced federal agent Eddie Lyman (Jeff Fahey) is foiled by his nemesis, the ruthless American militia terrorist known as Anderson (Brent Huff), for the last time; Lyman is dismissed from his agency and sent home to his girlfriend, Valerie (Beth Toussaint), who happens to be the public relations chief for a rising senator (Ernie Hudson). The senator and his staff, including Valerie, board a train for a whistle-stop campaign to drum up interest for his anti-gun proposal, but little do they know, the staff of the train is made up entirely of Anderson and his band of cutthroats who intend to hijack the train and blow up a small town with a homemade nuclear bomb. Little do they know, Lyman boarded the train at the last minute to surprise Valerie, and, coincidentally, he was in the bathroom when the hijacking went down. Can one unarmed man stop the terrorists, save the passengers, save the town, and stop a runaway train? ~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide
Review
Combining elements of Die Hard, Under Siege, and Crash Dive, this modest offering has the makings of a very successful B-movie, if that's all one is expecting. The tension of Die Hard is missing, and the clever traps of Under Siege are gone, but there's plenty of action aboard a fast-moving, large vehicle, with clearly labeled good guys taking on properly delineated bad guys -- whose motives may be murky, but what the heck. And the fate of the entire world is in the hands of one man, with a digital clock counting down the seconds to massive destruction, and you can't beat that. Jeff Fahey plays Lyman with wide-eyed fear instead of steely eyed confidence, which makes him a sympathetic would-be hero. Director Worth Keeter, a veteran of TV's Power Rangers action series, and prolific B-movie scripter Steve Latshaw keep things moving in the right direction without being hobbled by excessive character development. The useless subplot about the teenaged girl could have been lost without anyone noticing, but other than that, this is harmless mindlessness. ~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide
