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The Man on the Train
2011 · Film · 101 min
Directed by Mary McGuckian
A mysterious criminal rolls into a small town planning to knock off the local bank, assuming it will go off without a hitch. But when he encounters a retired poetry professor, his plans take an unlikely turn. With no place to stay, the professor generously welcomes him into his home. As the two men talk, a bond forms between these two polar opposites, and surprising moments of humor and compassion emerge. As they begin to understand each other more, they each examine the choices they've made in their lives, secretly longing to live the type of lifestyle the other man has lived, based on the desire to escape their own.
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There's a great movie, called "Man on the Train", that I always remember because of a scene where a school teacher and a gangster are in a cafe and they get hassled by a coupe of local punks. The gangster, who is - by cinematic standards - a total, murderous bad-ass, does nothing as they get taunted by a couple of local hoodlums. Afterwards, the schoolteacher is confused and asked the gangster why he didn't react to the couple of punk kids who were bothering them - he says something like "one guy can't take on two, except in the movies."