Edinburgh International Film Festival

Transsiberian, a new film by Brad Anderson and starring Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, and Sir Ben Kingsley is an adventurous and entertainingly dramatic ride. After finishing a church mission trip in China, Roy and Jessie decide to take the Transsiberian railway to Moscow instead of immediately flying back to the states. It takes a week for the train to make its way from China to Moscow, plenty of time for the happy couple to get accidently wound up into a drug mule scheme that turns into a life or death run through Siberia.
The acting in this film is spot on perfect, especially the performances of Sir Ben Kingsley as a Russian police official, and Emily Mortimer as Jessie. Woody Harrelson’s acting is good, and I admire him for his attempt to break his type cast, however, he simply isn’t believable (at this time) in a serious role. The scenery and cinematography in this film makes the railway perfectly believable, and I loved the depiction of the local people and their customs. This film is fun and thrilling, and will have you on the edge of your seat for most of the performance. I give it four stars.