Spoiler. I remember this film when I was a little boy. I always loved action thrillers;films that my mom thought were a little too violent stuck out in my mind. I remember this film along with the 7 ups, and Race with the Devil as a few on my mom's nasty list. I thought they were great, but as I watch them now, they seem so dated and do not age well! The Japanese and female comments would never be allowed now, but what really got me was how they did it so over the top with the bad behavior of everyone. I work at the post office, and even there with its new lows every year, no one screams and shouts like that. This made it cornballish, and how could they escape so easily, and the idiot who tries to get on the train, and the other idiot screaming during hostage negotiations is just plain stupid. The great part of the film is the performance by Robert Shaw, and Walter Matthau were exceptional considering the script they had to work with. This film is no God Father, or The Sting, so I gave it a five.
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