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Absolutely Brilliant!

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

This engaging war drama takes place in 1942 with the conflict between the U.S. and Germany revving up. Two sons of famous fathers, Jason Connery and Francesco Quinn, star as U.S. intelligence discovers that Nazi commandos have plans to kidnap British Prime Minister Winston Churchill as he leaves a meeting in Casablanca. When it is learned that there is a spy tipping off Churchill's movements; protection beefs up and the method of transportation changes. Some suspense and tension along with war violence sustains the 90 minutes running time. There may be questions concerning historic accuracy; but this flick does make good for a lazy weekend afternoon viewing. Sergio Martino directs a cast that also features: Glen Ford, Jinny Steffan, Giovanni Tamberi, Jean Sorel and Donald Pleasence.

This could have been a fairly engaging WWII adventure - it deals with a Nazi attempt to kidnap/eliminate Winston Churchill aboard the titular train - but, being a product from the tail-end of the Euro-Cult style, it's a tired ride (excuse the pun!) with little panache and a cast made up of equally worn veterans (Glenn Ford, Donald Pleasence and Jean Sorel) and totally uncharismatic newcomers - both of whom happen to be the offspring of a famous international star - in the form of Jason Connery and Francisco Quinn! Apart from the venerable "danger-on-a-train" theme, the ingredients are there for 90 solid minutes of entertainment - exotic locations, action, romance, treason, a decoy flight, an impossible one-man mission, a violent corpse-strewn climax, and even a clever (if predictable) twist ending - but, as I said, the film never really takes off and Martino handles the proceedings in lackluster fashion, with none of his trademark stylistics. Besides, the relentless and highly irritating synthesizer score is wholly inappropriate and seems to have been discarded from badly accompanying a Silent film...

As a 22 year Army veteran, I become almost nauseous viewing war movies with numerous technical errors. The "Marine" assault battalion fires a 3.5" rocket launcher from a moving train without regard to the back blast effect on the Marines riding directly behind the weapon.The army uniforms were hokey. Army officers, under the rank of general, have two insignias per lapel, a "U.S." and a branch insignia. About half the time one of our heroes has his worn correctly, the other half of the time incorrectly.The rescuing Marines have corpsmen with them that have ludicrous looking helmet liners with huge red crosses on them. Those crosses would have made great targets for even a blind sniper.The soldiers accompanying the train were geared up for combat wearing their helmet liners sans helmets. They also were wearing an American flag patch on their left shoulders. These flag patches should have been on their right shoulders (I know D-Day invasion forces had these flags sewn on, but I am not too sure about our soldiers in Africa) and their unit patches on their left.Certainly wish some of the directors/producers could spring a few bucks and hire some ex-GI's as technical advisers.

An old-fashioned WWII adventure piece, starring some elderly Hollywood vets and the sons of some great stars. Unfortunately, even with a great cast and crew, the movie comes off as forced and corny all the way. Churchill takes a train to meet with Roosevelt and Stalin in Casablanca. German paratroopers attempt to capture the train and take Churchill alive, but their efforts are hampered by Allied commandos. The movie is, honestly, really bad in just about every department. Jason Connery and Francesco Quinn (PLATOON) try really hard, and have enough talent to squeak by, but neither would be as convincing or at ease as their fathers (Sean Connery and Anthony Quinn). Manfred Lehmann is a pretty nasty-looking but very incompetent German officer who leads the assault on the train. Donald Pleasence (THE GREAT ESCAPE) and Glenn Ford (IS PARIS BURNING?) are onhand as the Allied generals running the show from headquarters. The movie is chock full of supporting characters and plot elements which have absolutely nothing to do with the action. There's a Catholic priest, a couple prostitutes, nuns, Arab sheiks, and British civilians riding the train who all end up getting killed. So much emphasis is put on these characters, all of whom are focused on only to be thrown away. There are a lot of plot holes and such which also hamper the story's credibility. Glenn Ford seems to hate Churchill and blames him for Pearl Harbor and the death of his son, but this subplot is forgotten about halfway through the movie. Men sit around talking for the first thirty minutes or so about nothing that matters, providing lots of details on events and actions which don't matter a bit. The Germans manage to take over the train quite rapidly and wipe out a platoon of American guards, but in the final act a couple good guys with MP40s are able to wipe out just about the entire German unit with no effort at all. The Germans fail to secure the entire train, just some cars; they don't bother to look underneath the cars for saboteurs; they are portrayed as buffoons and idiots all the way. The action scenes are ultra-corny, usually involving few pyrotechnics and a couple of good guys mowing down the German paratroops or vice versa. It's all set to a typically garbage (yet serviceable) Luigi Ceccarelli music score, which is typical synthesize garbage that never makes it's potential. To make matters worse, the bulk of the action was shot on what looks to be a desert soundstage, with the train parked and not much movement of the actors or any exciting stunts. There is one nail-biting fisticuff atop the speeding train which did have me on the edge of my seat, though. I watched CASABLANCA EXPRESS on a Portuguese videotape. The colors were bright, fresh and intense. There was occasional print damage, but for the most part this movie was well-preserved for video transfer. CASABLANCA EXPRESS is a corny - and appropriately so - but doesn't fit bill for a late 80s war movie. Audiences could expect better from such an experienced cast and crew - even for an Italian production, it's not very good for its day. RATING: 3/10