Caution Spoilers

Ask me about a movie! Wait, not that one

  • Home
  • Film Reviews
  • Shorts
  • Kids
  • Documentaries
  • Video Reviews
  • Re-caps (spoilery!)
  • Film Club
  • Podcasts
  • Trailers
  • Interviews
  • Stunts
  • Posters
  • Festivals
  • TV Shows
  • Awards
  • Annual reviews
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
You are here: Home / Film Articles / Last Train To Christmas: The Hitman And Her meets A Christmas Carol meets Snowpiercer

Last Train To Christmas: The Hitman And Her meets A Christmas Carol meets Snowpiercer

25th October 2021 by Sarah

*** Read my review and (very spoilery) article here ***

Honestly, when I saw this photo I thought we ’80s kids were finally getting the Pepsi and Shirlie biopic we’d been hoping for. But no, that *is* Michael Sheen (The Twilight Saga, The Queen) and Nathalie Emmanuel (Game of Thrones, Fast & Furious 7) who have joined the cast of Last Train to Christmas, a brand new Sky Original film.

Brits my age might well remember a brilliant post-apocalyptic TV serial in the late 1990s called The Last Train, about a railway carriage full of survivors accidentally cryogenically frozen for 50 years when a comet hits the UK. This is not a festive catch-up series, though it does look fantastic, A Christmas Carol meets The Hitman And Her meets Snowpiercer.

Here’s the synopsis:

Tony Towers (Sheen) is about to take the trip of a lifetime. It’s 1985 and he’s a successful nightclub manager, a local celebrity and engaged to a much younger woman, Sue (Emmanuel). Things are going great. But when he embarks upon the 3:17 to Nottingham for a Christmas family reunion, things get a little strange. Moving up a carriage to the buffet car lands him in 1995, where he finds his clubs have failed and his life has fallen apart. Tony discovers that by moving up and down this fateful train, he can transport himself forward and backward to various stages of his life. Not only that, but the actions he takes in one carriage directly affect his life in the next. The question is, can Tony change his life – and the lives of the people he loves – for the better, or will he just make things worse?

Last Train To Christmas joins other Sky Original films for the festive season including A Boy Called Christmas and A Christmas Number One.

Written and directed by Julian Kemp, Last Train to Christmas will be released on Sky Cinema and on streaming service NOW via the Sky Cinema Membership from 18 December. I will OF COURSE be reviewing it.

Filed Under: Christmas, Film Articles Tagged With: AAA, christmas, last train to christmas, michael sheen, nathalie emmanuel, sky movies, sky originals

Looking For

About Sarah

About Sarah

Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, John Wick lover and Gerard Butler apologist. Still waiting for Mike Banning vs John Wick: Requiem

Site info here.
Or email me on [email protected]

Latest Reviews

Jurassic World: Dominion 2.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Top Gun: Maverick 5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Senior Year 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

H20h no! The Film Club watches Black Water: Abyss 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? (TV mini series) 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Sonic The Hedgehog 2 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Pursuit Of A Jigsaw (short film) Short Film 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Operation Mincemeat 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Reed’s Point 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Let The Wrong One In 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Death On The Nile 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Deep Water 2.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Moonfall 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Silent Night 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Last Train To Christmas 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

A Castle For Christmas 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Home Sweet Home Alone 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Yield To The Night 5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Spencer 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Finch 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

Get the latest reviews by Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to and receive notifications of new reviews by email.

Copyright © 2022 · Caution Spoilers Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in