The film opens with the police investigation of a drug dealer that was robbed and killed, with the investigation headed up by Grinko (Ben Kingsley) who after discovering that someone is on the run with the drugs sets out to track the trail. We are then introduced to a couple, Roy and Jessie (Woody Harrelson and Emily Mortimer), who are doing some charity work in Beijing who get are taking the Tran Siberian Railroad back to Moscow before heading back to the states. Roy is openly more religious of the two and Jessie is a bit scarred of getting pregnant, and while there is a bit of tension between the two they get along for the most part. Enter their bunk mates, a younger couple named Abby and Carlos (Kate Mara and Eduardo Noriega) who are a pair of free spirits that seem to be hiding something. Abby warns Jessie and Roy that drug mules are a big problem on the railway, and that they should make sure to have all their ducks in a row with customs and their passports to avoid detention. As the two couples move along, Abby gets Jessie to reveal her not so goody too shoe past, while Carlos begins sending a real creeper vibe towards Jessie. To make matters worse, at a routine stop, Roy ends up missing and Jessie begins to get more and more nervous as Carlos begins to become even more intrusive.
7.5/10
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Loved this one. All of the characters were excellent and it was very suspensful without leaving reality.
Blog note: I would recommend putting breaks before and after some of your landscape oriented pictures. The single column of letters is rather difficult to read.