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The Midnight Meat Train (2008)

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Reviews Counted:252

Fresh:190

Rotten:62

Average Rating:6.5/10

Consensus: A creative and energetic adaptation of a Clive Barker short story, with enough scares and thrills to be a potential cult classic.

Rated: 18 [See Full Rating] for sequences of strong bloody gruesome violence, grisly images involving nudity, sexual content and language.

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Theatrical Release:31-10-2008

Synopsis: Next stop…death. When Leon Kaufman’s (Bradley Cooper) latest body of work – a collection of provocative, nighttime studies of the city and its inhabitants -- earns the struggling photographer... Next stop…death.

When Leon Kaufman’s (Bradley Cooper) latest body of work – a collection of provocative, nighttime studies of the city and its inhabitants -- earns the struggling photographer interest from prominent art gallerist Susan Hoff (Brooke Shields), she propels him to get grittier and show the darker side of humanity for his upcoming debut at her downtown art space.

Believing he’s finally on track for success, Leon’s obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer, Mahogany (Vinnie Jones), the subway murderer who stalks late-night commuters -- ultimately butchering them in the most gruesome ways imaginable.

With his concerned girlfriend Maya (Leslie Bibb) fearing for his life, Leon’s relentless fascination with Mahogany lures him further and further into the bowels of the subways and ultimately into an abyss of pure evil – inadvertently pulling Maya right along with him.

The horror thriller Midnight Meat Train stars Bradley Cooper (Wedding Crashers, TV’s Alias,), Vinnie Jones (X-Men: The Last Stand, Snatch), Brooke Shields (Nip/Tuck), and Leslie Bibb (the upcoming Trick R'Treat, Taladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby).

Also starring are Roger Bart (Hostel: Part II, TV’s Desperate Housewives), Peter Jacobson (Goodnight and Good Luck), Barbara Eve Harris (TV’s Prison Break), and UFC mixed martial arts fighter Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson.

Midnight Meat Train is directed by critically acclaimed Japanese director Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus, Azumi, Sky High) in his American debut, and based on legendary horror writer Clive Barker’s popular, eponymous short story from his classic Books of Blood collection. The screenplay was adapted by Jeff Buhler. --© Lions Gate
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Starring: Bradley Cooper, Leslie Bibb, Vinnie Jones, Roger Bart

Starring: Bradley Cooper, Leslie Bibb, Vinnie Jones, Roger Bart, Peter Jacobson, Brooke Shields, Barbara Eve Harris

Director: Ryuhei Kitamura

Director: Ryuhei Kitamura
Screenwriter: Jeff Buhler
Producer: Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Richard S. Wright, Eric Reid, Jorge Saralegui, Clive Barker
Composer: Nobuhiko Morino
Studio: Lions Gate Films

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