Narrow Margin. Peter Hyams. 1990.
I haven't seen this one for many years but I've retained a memory of really enjoying it. Think it was an ITV Premiere or whatever back in the dark ages when we had 4 or 5 channels and one would scoure the TV Times planning out the weeks viewing. Or was that just me [emoji849]
Anyway, the strange but sad passing of the late great Gene Hackman saw me picking up a copy of this 1990 thriller, a remake I believe of an early RKO movie.
Carol Hunnicut, an unwitting witness to a mob killing manages to miraculously avoid detection completely and legs it a remote cabin in the Canadian wilderness. Tracked down by the tenacious Deputy District Attorney Robert Caulfield who wants to take her back to LA to testify, the pair find themselves trapped on a train racing through the wilds to Vancouver while being hunted by mob hitmen.
Hackman is as watchable as ever and is ably supported by Anne Archer as well as a decent cast of character actors like M.Emmet Walsh and James Sikking (a face you'll know even if it's a name you don't)
I love the contrast of the claustrophobic train cars and the wilderness around it. There's nowhere to run, few places to hide. It all comes down to staying alive long enough.
Last edited by J Harker; 2nd March 2025 at 11:33 PM.
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