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"Despite the above average direction and cinematography, The Midnight Meat Train unfortunately breaks down before reaching the platform. When Leon (Bradley Cooper) begins obsessively looking for dangerous situations to photograph for an upcoming art exhibit, he stumbles upon a peculiar man (Vinnie Jones) that may or may not be tied to a series of gruesome murders occurring in the wee hours of the morning on the subway. Brutally rebuffing his girlfriend (Leslie Bibb) and friend (Roger Bart), Leon's twisted fascination with uncovering the truth behind the mysterious man leads to a horrific, yet haphazardly constructed and anticlimactic end. "
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"Today Lionsgate releases Midnight Meat Train––by all indications a cousin to the studio’s, um, classic fare like Saw and Hostel, but actually starring some name actors, like Bradley Cooperin just a hundred-something theaters, with no reviews. According to Grady Hendrix, it’s part of the studio’s effort to essentially slap the R-rated horror fans responsible for a decade’s worth of success in the face. “Horror fans, who don’t get much respect anyway, are feeling particularly persecuted these days as R-rated horror films regularly bomb at the box office and lightweight, PG-13-rated horror movies for teens gross buckets of cash,” Hendrix writes in the NY Sun. At the urging of Clive Barker, who wrote the short story on which Meat Train is based, these jilted fans apparently complained to Lionsgate, but the studio persisted with new acquisitions head Joe Drake’s plans to release the film as quickly and quietly as possible. “It’s an indication that Lionsgate is no longer in the business ... "
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"Today Lionsgate releases Midnight Meat Train––by all indications a cousin to the studio’s, um, classic fare like Saw and Hostel, but actually starring some name actors, like Bradley Cooperin just a hundred-something theaters, with no reviews. According to Grady Hendrix, it’s part of the studio’s effort to essentially slap the R-rated horror fans responsible for a decade’s worth of success in the face. “Horror fans, who don’t get much respect anyway, are feeling particularly persecuted these days as R-rated horror films regularly bomb at the box office and lightweight, PG-13-rated horror movies for teens gross buckets of cash,” Hendrix writes in the NY Sun. At the urging of Clive Barker, who wrote the short story on which Meat Train is based, these jilted fans apparently complained to Lionsgate, but the studio persisted with new acquisitions head Joe Drake’s plans to release the film as quickly and quietly as possible. “It’s an indication that Lionsgate is no longer in the business ... "
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