The Midnight Meat Train
Recommended by: Noel
Watched by: Casey
My Thoughts: The Midnight Meat Train...... I love the idea of this move, made me want to read the short story, but the protagonist and his girlfriend were weak characters. The girlfriend always had a look on her face like I love you, but at the same time don't touch me. The train conductor, tell the main dude that he basically has the job, didn't make any sense. Why because he instinctly decided to wear a butcher outfit before battling? Just weird. I basically thought this was a silent Guy Ritchie film or a Horror version of Gallagher and his sledge-o-matic. I admit, I enjoyed the over the top splatter and the POV deaths. Could this be a video game? How many days can you last slaughtering people on a train? I would play that. Like some weird tower defense game.
My rating: 3 Watermelons and 1 feed them to pigs!
Haha ok, it's not a great movie, but I think most ppl go into this expecting the worse and then are pleasantly surprised. Hell, the movie may be more enjoyable than the short story. Sure, maybe it's a little too earnest for how absurdist the ending is, but I kind of love that. Also, I think he put on the butcher outfit because it really was his calling all along. Why else was he so drawn to the previous butcher?
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