Adapted from a short story by Akira Kurosawa, Runaway Train is an excellent movie, played to the hilt by the protagonist, John Voight as the escaped prisoner Oscar Manny. Pity he failed to get the Academy Award and had to be contented with the Golden Globe for Best Acting.
Through out the movie, one can feel the chilly Alaskan winds,the freezing snow and the madness of Manny as he braved the elements of nature as well as the constant fears he habours as he balances his options between living and dying.
You can practically feel the adrenalin rush watching this movie as Manny met with the ultimate choice of death bringing his nemesis Warden Rankin along with him.
A great movie by Voight besides Deliverance and Midnight Cowboy!
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