AIn order to save the chemical plant, dispatcher Frank Barstow (Kyle T. Heffner) orders the Elkins Station to shunt the runaway train onto a dead end siding. Sara recognizes the switch and realizes that the train is on a collision course. Meanwhile, Warden Ranken is being lowered onto the train from a helicopter. Resolved not to return to prison, Manny works his way outside between the second and first engines, smashing the fingers of his left hand on the coupling, and makes the dangerous leap. He crawls his way into the lead engine just as Ranken lands on the roof and climbs down into the cab. Immediately, Manny attacks Ranken with a fire extinguisher and handcuffs him inside the cab. With the crash imminent in five minutes, Ranken warns Manny to brake the train, but Manny refuses. 'You'll die,' Ranken warns. 'You'll die with me,' Manny replies. When Ranken reminds him about Buck and Sara in the second car, Manny climbs back out to the coupling and releases the rest of the train from the lead engine. Buck and Sara's car slows to a stop, while the runaway engine races on. In the final scene, Manny climbs to the roof of the runaway engine, riding it like a surfboard. The engine gradually disappears into the whiteout of the falling snow. The following quote then appears on the screen: 'No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. But I know none, and therefore I am no beast.' from Richard III by William Shakespeare.
QHow much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
AFor detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for Runaway Train can be found here.
QIs 'Runaway Train' based on a book?
ANo. Runaway Train started life in the 1960s as an original screenplay written by Japanese film-maker Akira Kurosawa and his screenwriting partners Ryuzo Kikushima and Hideo Oguni. The story was inspired by an article in Life Magazine about a runaway locomotive in the U.S. Northeast. However, after having problems with rewriting the script (from Japanese to English), filming in the snow, and securing financial backing, Kurosawa shelved the project. It was picked up 20 years later by Russian film director Andrei Konchalovsky. The screenplay was rewritten by Serbian screenwriter Djordje Milicevic along with American writers Paul Zindel and Edward Bunker.
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