The midnight meat train!

Plot: The film opens as a well dressed, barrel chested man stalks the late-night passengers of a subway train. He kills several people with a meat hammer and a butcher's hook. He dispatches his prey with unnatural strength. He wears a ring on his finger, adorned with an eight pointed star. We are then introduced to Leon (Bradley Cooper), a photographer who heads into the city's subway system at night to take photographs and saves a woman from a group of guys harassing her. The next day, he discovers the girl has gone missing. Leon is intrigued and begins to investigate newsreels about similar disappearances. His investigation leads him to a butcher named Mahogany (Vinnie Jones), who he suspects has been killing subway passengers for as long as ten years.

Does it work? Yes and pretty effectively. Vinnie Jones plays a very intimidating and creepy killer. Where as Bradley Cooper plays very well as a opposite. Bradley Cooper is great to watch in the role as he slowly loses his sanity and goes deeper into the rabbit hole.The movie itself is a very well shot. Style abounds as blood, eyes and a few limbs fly. The blood is water thin and the bright blood adds to the style during some intense scenes.Each shot builds on the suspense and disturbing nature of each scene. There are a couple of stand out shots, One of vinnie jones just sitting on a bench while the world buzzes around him while he waits to board the train. So is it scary ? Yes and no, Its got some really great suspenseful moments that keep you heart racing, but it has very little jumpscenes. It isn't without its flaws, it doesn't explain a lot until the very end. At that point its so rushed and it still doesn't explain everything. Even without the explainations it still makes one heck of a horror film. So in short yes, yes it does works but it has a few plot holes that are pretty obvious.

Rating: 8/10 A standout for its cinemotgraphy in the straight to dvd market. Check this out if you are in the mood for some good horror and aren't looking for a long winded story. Not for the faint of heart