The Night Train
Yöjuna

Available on DVD

Finland 1996 colour 82 min

***˝

Thriller

cast: Santeri Kinnunen (Ari Nykänen), Åke Lindman (Mr. Wallin), Minna Soisalo, Martti Suosalo, Aarre Karén, Vera Kiiskinen, Tapio Liinoja, Pirkko Mannola, Timo Torikka
credits: dir. and script Arto Lehkamo, based on a novel by Markku Niinivaara, DOP Kari Sohlberg

An accident happends. A common freight-train crashes into a truck. The weather was foggy and the night was dark. And the truck was empty. It seems to be a sabotage, but why?

An young investigator Ari Nykänen (Kinnunen) finds out that this train wasn't as common as everybody says. Soon there is killers after him. His marriage was in crisis and now everything is even more difficult.

Santeri Kinnunen is just a right guy for the leading role. He is the cute hero and helpful everyman. It's easy to like his character. Also his family looks very real.

The budget of the film hasn't been big and that shows. Although the acting is abowe routines and clumsyness, there's faults. The sound of the copy that I saw was bad and the scenes are sterile: there's nothing much but the actors and the darkness of the night to look at. Still, this is OK movie.

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