Question: In the film, Manny is in jail for safe-cracking and Buck is in for statutory rape (he didn't know the girl was underaged). Aren't these crimes pretty minor for both men to be in a dangerous maximum security prison in Alaska?
Gavin Jackson
26th Nov 2024
Runaway Train (1985)
2nd Feb 2015
Runaway Train (1985)
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Chosen answer: Most likely from the speed at which the train was going, a train is like driving any large vehicle. You have to maintain a certain pace, to stop at an instant, for the unexpected.