simple tension

Alexis 2022-06-19 19:59:44

It's nostalgic enough to suddenly look at a movie from 28 years ago. At that time, Sean Connery's acting skills were uneventful and not brilliant, but his funny partner was even more impressive, as well as the heroine who looked exactly like Catherine Zeta Jones, very pp.
Of course, in this film, the rigor and simplicity of the British are vividly presented, with almost no extra clues and dialogue, the plot is compact, and the shots are very simple, but at the same time, it can still create a sense of tension. The most impressive part is the part where exactly 75 seconds are copied to the 2nd and 3rd keys, and the climax is the part that robs gold on the moving train. Although old movies are technically far from modern movies, and the cost is different, they can still attract people with their plot settings. Shouldn't they give some inspiration to those so-called big directors?

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The Great Train Robbery quotes

  • Robert Agar, Screwsman: [referring to the London Bridge Station train dispatcher's office] What's your pogue up there, anyway?

    Edward Pierce: Two Chubb keys in that green cupboard.

    Robert Agar, Screwsman: What might they be, them keys?

    Edward Pierce: Two keys that I happen to want.

    Robert Agar, Screwsman: [turns to look at Pierce] We're partners, aren't we? Of course, if you're trying to say that you don't trust me completely...

    Edward Pierce: [turns and looks at Agar] I don't trust you at all.

    Robert Agar, Screwsman: [smiles and nods] Good.

  • Robert Agar, Screwsman: [They're at the train station about to do the "Jolly Gaff" to get the two keys] Where's the chavvy?

    Edward Pierce: There.

    [He nods towards a boy street urchin]

    Edward Pierce: He's your son.

    Robert Agar, Screwsman: I don't have no son!

    Edward Pierce: Louisa says he's your son.

    Robert Agar, Screwsman: [snorts a laugh] Louisa! She wouldn't know, would she? IS THAT HIM? He's not my son! He's too ugly to be my son!

    [pause, then:]

    Robert Agar, Screwsman: What's the sweetener?

    Edward Pierce: A guinea.

    Robert Agar, Screwsman: [thinks about it for a moment, then:] Well, if he is my son he'll be worth it.