VHS : Cassandra Crossing (EP Mode)
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Rating:  - ALL ABOARD THIS ALL-STAR DISASTER BAD MOVIE HOOT-AND-A-HALF FOR UNINTERRUPTED, UNINTENTIONAL HYSTERIA!
Aboard a transcontinental train, renowned physician Richard Harris -- inventor of a process that "rejuvenates defective brain cells in retarded kids" -- gets a desperate assignment from Army ace Burt Lancaster at the World Health Organaization: Find the stowaway terrorist carrying a highly contagious plague virus. It couldn't possibly be the guy staggering around the train sweating bullets, now could it?
It's a pity Harris didn't first develop a process to rejuvenate his defective brain ... Read More
Rating: - Intrigue in Cold War Europe
Good, well acted and portrayed film of the Cold War era that might be true today. Especially good for those interested in warfare and defense related to the Radiological/Biological/Chemical Threat from terrorist groups. Great cast.
Rating:  - A good cure for insomnia!
This story has been done to death! A potential disaster on a train, heroes and foes. A covert government plot. The usual same old same old. The acting is poor and the suspense is non existant. The outcome is predictable. I'm sorry I wasted my money buting this movie!
Rating:  - Second class entertainment at its best!
Sometimes you want nothing more than to turn your brain off and settle down to a slice of Europudding. Lew Grade and Carlo Ponti's Anglo-Italian co-production The Cassandra Crossing is a perfect example. Full of fattening but empty calories and boasting an Irish, Italian, American, German and anybody else who wasn't busy that month cast of fading stars, a Greek director and shot in Switzerland and France with the profits from The Muppet Show, it's a prime example of that much maligned genre, the conspiracy ... Read More
Rating: - First Rate Thriller
What distinguishes "The Cassandra Crossing" from latter day thrillers is that it emphasizes story and characterization over pyrotechnics. The film moves along crisply with enough twists to keep you on the edge of your seat. The imperiled passengers are full-bodied characters whose fate you actually care about. There were many disaster films from the seventies that were more concerned about body counts(i.e. which celebrity would bite the dust) that they bordered on exploitation. "Cassandra Crossing" elevates ... Read More
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