The Midnight Meat Train

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The photographer Leon (Bradley Cooper) lives with his girlfriend and waitress Maya (Leslie Bibb) waiting for a chance to get in the photo business. When Maya contacts their friend Jurgis (Roger Bart), he schedules a meeting for Leon with the successful owner of arts gallery Susan Hoff (Brooke Shields); she analyzes Leon's work and asks him to improve the quality of his photos. (Tony Curran) During the night, the upset Leon decides to wander on the streets taking pictures with his camera, and he follows three punks down to the subway station; when the gang attacks a young woman, Leon defends her and the guys move on. On the next morning, Leon discovers that the woman is missing. He goes to the police station, but Detective Lynn Hadley (Barbara Eve Harris) does not give much attention to him and discredits his statement. Leon becomes obsessed to find what happened with the stranger and he watches the subway station. When he sees the elegant butcher Mahogany (Vinnie Jones) in the train, Leon believes he might be a murderer and stalks him everywhere, in the beginning of his journey to the darkness.

I must say that at first I was dubious about this movie, I was pleasantly surprised to find it a refreshing change to the mainstream hack & slash genre. Vinnie Jones portrayal of the the lead villain as a quiet, menacing, and intimidating, but in some ways sad, individual, was excellent. Some scenes had me looking away from the screen....