It stars Woody Harrelson and Emily Mortimer as an American couple whose journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway leads them to a trail of deception and murder.

Kate Mara, Eduardo Noriega, Thomas Kretschmann and Ben Kingsley appear in supporting roles.

It received positive reviews, with praise for its story and atmosphere, and grossed $5.9 million at the box office.

An American couple, Roy and Jessie, take the train from Beijing to Moscow on their return home from a Christian mission in China.

Roy befriends their cabin mates, a Spanish man, Carlos, and his Seattle-born girlfriend, Abby.

At reception, she receives a call confirming that Roy will join her, and Carlos convinces her to go on a trip into the wilderness, where they find a ruined church.

Jessie returns to the station in a state of shock, shortly afterwards Roy's train arrives and she re-joins him.

Grinko accompanies them for dinner and talks about his job, Jessie realizes that Carlos was smuggling heroin, and later unsuccessfully tries to get rid of the dolls when the others are asleep.

The next morning, they awake to discover that most of the carriages have departed with the other passengers; only Grinko and his partner Kolzak Yushenkov remain.

They stop the train in the middle of nowhere and take Jessie and Roy to an abandoned military bunker, where Abby is being tortured.

The site's critical consensus states: "Traditional in form yet effective in execution, this taut thriller updates the 'danger on a train' scenario with atmospheric sense.

[7] Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "This vigorous, fast-paced tale that entwines plot with character and psychology set against an incredibly exotic backdrop certainly has boxoffice potential as dynamic as its storytelling.