Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra
Starring: Liam Neeson, Sam Neill, Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Jonathan Banks
Factual error: To derail the train, the bad guys shoot the operator, which causes the train to speed out of control. This is a well-known fallacy. All trains use a "dead-man switch" that will stop the train if the operator dies or loses consciousness.
Factual error: Michael boards a commuter train at Grand Central, which then stops at subway stations at 68th Street, 86th Street, and 110th Street along Lexington Avenue. This is impossible.
Character mistake: The conductors on Michael's train repeatedly call the seat check slips "zone stubs." Michael could make this mistake, but no conductor would.
Michael MacCauley: What have you done to my wife and son?
Question: Why does the weather and road/ground change so much (dry, rain storm, wet, snow) in the beginning of the movie from the kitchen to the train station?
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Answer: The opening credit scene (waking up, in the kitchen, the drive, being on the train, and walking through the terminal) is montage where each cut represents another day in Michael's life. It's meant to show the monotony of his life through the whole year (or even years) and how he follows the same routine everyday.
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