DVD Review: Runaway Train Remastered for DVD and Blu Ray
DVD Review: Runaway Train Remastered for DVD and Blu Ray A film review, a first for me but I was asked if I would like to review this, and I decided as I had never experienced this film when it came out back in 1985, why not? Following it's premier in 2010 at the Cannes Film Festival (Classics Selection) Runaway Train has been remastered in High Definition by MGM and we are treated to Special Features and get an insight into the background to the film. The story is one of a hardened criminal, in a maximum security prison. Manny (John Voight) , has just earned the right through a civil rights case, not to be welded into his cell, as he has been for three years. The brutal administrator, Renken, rules the prison with clear hatred of the "animal" inmates, but fails to keep any real control. The news that Manny is free to mix with the other prisoners at last is met with a riot, and a stooge is employed to stab Manny in the food hall in an attempt to s...