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Great Disaster Films Part XI: Commuter Calamity
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DaylightDaylight
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A rogue car collides with a truck illegally carrying toxic waste, causing a massive explosion within a New York tunnel, sealing it off from the outside world, and Sylvester Stallone must save the day!
The Cassandra CrossingThe Cassandra Crossing
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A rather under-appreciated '70's disater film about a plague-infested passenger train racing across Europe to a certain doom at The Cassandra Crossing.
Speed (Five Star Collection)Speed (Five Star Collection)
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A madman has a bomb on a LA transit bus and threatens to blow the bus up if he's not paid a heafty ransom; A Great Film!
Bullet TrainBullet Train
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A Japanese disaster film about a commuter train that is hijacked, and if it goes under a certain speed, it will explode. Well, now, that sounds a lot like another movie I've seen...
The Big BusThe Big Bus
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A Disaster Movie spoof in which the first atomic powered commuter bus makes its maiden run from New York to Denver, what could possibly go wrong?
Atomic TrainAtomic Train
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A Train carrying a nuclear warhead looses its breaks and threatens to crash in the centre of Denver, what will happen?
DaybreakDaybreak
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Basically "The Poseidon Adventure" crossed with "Daylight," set in the LA subway system with a major earthquake and very low budget.
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (Snap Case)Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (Snap Case)
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A passenger train is hijacked by a madman angry at the government, and it's up to Steven Segal to save the day &ltsigh&gt
Con ExpressCon Express
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A rogue Russian general is selling nerve gas and transporting it on a train and it's up to a Russian agent and a US customs officer to stop him.
The TrainThe Train
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A very good 1960's WWII film starring Burt Lancaster who is trying to stop a Nazi train carrying priceless French art out of the country; very artistic and a good film to see.
Taking of Pelham One Two ThreeTaking of Pelham One Two Three
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More of a terrorist hijacking film-I'm not sure there's really any disaster in it, but it comes close; this one's good to watch also.
RollercoasterRollercoaster
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A "classic" 1970's "disaster" film; more of a "cat-and-mouse" kind of cop drama but the opening has some good disaster effects.
Runaway TrainRunaway Train
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Apaarently a rather good film based on an original story by Akira Kurosawa about two men who are fighting for freedom aboard a train headed for disaster.