John and Charlie Robinson are step brothers who work on the New York subway as transit cops. For the most part their job seems to consist of one of them acting like a drunk and waiting for low-lives to attempt to rob them then the team arresting them. During one such operation a petty thief flees through the tunnel to the nest station where the 'money train' is stopped while its crew collect the day's revenue
they shoot and kill the thief. John and Charlie are disgusted by their over-reaction but their boss, Donald Patterson, is unconcerned; he regards the money train as his and thinks any potential threat to it must be eliminated.
Charlie, who has money problems, jokes that one day they should rob the train but John is unimpressed. As well as dealing with petty thieves they are also looking for a character known as 'The Torch' who has been attempting to set fire to ticket offices and the female employees inside them. The brothers' lives seem to be going in different directions; both fancy new team member Grace Santiago but she is keener on John and Charlie is heavily indebted to some shady characters; John gives him the needed money but he is robbed before he can return it. With nowhere else to find the money Charlie's thoughts turn to the money train.
This isn't a great film but I rather enjoyed it. Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson have a decent chemistry as the two very different foster brothers and Jennifer Lopez is good as love interest Grace. Robert Blake is suitably unpleasant as Patterson; he makes it easy to root for the brothers when they finally decide to rob his train. The story itself of solid enough although anybody expecting lots of time to be spent on the planning and execution of the robbery will be somewhat disappointed if the title hadn't been 'Money Train' one would think the film would be about the hunt for the Torch at least until that plot line is wrapped up after about an hour. Inevitable one needs to suspend ones disbelief quite a bit most notably when the robbery finally takes place and all the guards leave the train, and the money that was already collected, when they collect money from a station. This doesn't matter too much as it was never meant to be particularly realistic; just fun. Overall I'd say that despite its flaws the film is fun; there are some decent laughs and some exciting moments.
Charlie, who has money problems, jokes that one day they should rob the train but John is unimpressed. As well as dealing with petty thieves they are also looking for a character known as 'The Torch' who has been attempting to set fire to ticket offices and the female employees inside them. The brothers' lives seem to be going in different directions; both fancy new team member Grace Santiago but she is keener on John and Charlie is heavily indebted to some shady characters; John gives him the needed money but he is robbed before he can return it. With nowhere else to find the money Charlie's thoughts turn to the money train.
This isn't a great film but I rather enjoyed it. Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson have a decent chemistry as the two very different foster brothers and Jennifer Lopez is good as love interest Grace. Robert Blake is suitably unpleasant as Patterson; he makes it easy to root for the brothers when they finally decide to rob his train. The story itself of solid enough although anybody expecting lots of time to be spent on the planning and execution of the robbery will be somewhat disappointed if the title hadn't been 'Money Train' one would think the film would be about the hunt for the Torch at least until that plot line is wrapped up after about an hour. Inevitable one needs to suspend ones disbelief quite a bit most notably when the robbery finally takes place and all the guards leave the train, and the money that was already collected, when they collect money from a station. This doesn't matter too much as it was never meant to be particularly realistic; just fun. Overall I'd say that despite its flaws the film is fun; there are some decent laughs and some exciting moments.