Transsiberian
This film had a few things going for it from the outset: first, it has Ben Kingsley in it. Second, its about intrigue on the Trans-Siberian railway and I think it would be AWESOME to see Russia and other Asian destinations picking the train up in China and taking it to Moscow. Third, It has Eduardo Noriega in it and he's most welcome eye candy. (Also, Sorta Spoilers Ahead.)
In this film, Emily Mortimer and Woody Harrelson play a couple who have hit a rough patch in their marriage who have gone on a mission trip to China through their church and are now doing some traveling before heading back home. They meet another couple, played by Eduardo Noriega and Kate Mara who tell them that they were teaching English in Japan. Ben Kingsley is a narcotics cop who discovers a missing stash of herion and a murdered drug dealer in Vladivostok. So, ya. Missing drugs. Cop. Fishy stories. Russian nesting dolls. Hot Spaniard. Rocky marriage. Oh, and somewhere in there, someone goes missing and someone dies and someone gets tortured by drug distributors looking to find their missing goods. But, you pretty much knew that was where this was going.
I don't know what I was expecting, but meh. It wasn't a bad movie. It just wasn't great. I'm not sure I really cared about Mortimer and Harrelson's characters and I didn't really get what could have been between them in the first place so it was hard to believe that they were trying to rekindle something. Kate Mara was great, although there was a part of the film where she disappeared that I didn't get at all. Ben Kingsley was a believable Russian narcotics cop who may or may not be hiding something. Again, it wasn't bad, it was just...meh.
