I’m not really a big fan of horror movies. I can appreciate being scared, or even straight up terrified. The reason I’m not really into them in general is because they are often way too predictable for me. The ones that do appeal to me offer something new in terms of presentation, storyline, or both. Clive Barker’s films have always held great potential for me. He comes up with unique characters and plot lines that are unlike anything in horror films. Some of his movies are brilliant, while others have a lot of promise that never winds up fully realized. Midnight Meat Train is a relatively low key release based on a short story by Barker. After first watching the trailer it was clear that there were tons of great ideas in this film, but whether they would develop into a great movie was another question.
Midnight Meat Train is the story of a young photographer named Leon (Bradley Cooper) who wants to capture the heart of the city on film. He winds up photographing people on the subway, and inadvertently stumbles onto a serial killing butcher (Vinnie Jones) who slaughters and carves up his victims on the late night trains. Leon becomes more and more obsessed with the butcher and continues to follow him until his life becomes suddenly connected to the butcher.
The premise of the movie starts out fairly interesting and grows more and more intense as the movie progresses. Although I didn’t get his casting at first, Vinnie Jones gives an excellent performance. He is naturally a pretty physically imposing figure, however, his role in this film makes him seem even more sinister than before.
