Narrow Margin
An L.A. District Attorney attempts to take an unwilling murder witness back to the United States to testify against a top-level mob boss. Frantically attempting to escape two deadly hitmen sent to silence her, they board a Vancouver-bound train only to discover that the killers are onboard with them. For the next 20 hours, as the train hurls through the beautiful but isolated Canadian wilderness, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues in which their ability to tell friend from foe is a matter of life and death.
A deputy district attorney from Los Angeles is assigned to escort a young witness, who saw a mob hit, to safety. Unbeknownst to him, the witness's grandmother, who is a retired mob figure herself, has set him up to be killed. The DA finds himself fighting for his and the boy's lives on a perilous train journey.
Narrow Margin was met with mixed to positive reviews from critics, who often praised its suspenseful action sequences and the performances of its lead actors, particularly Gene Hackman. However, some critics found the plot to be somewhat predictable or derivative of other thriller films.
Google audience: Audience reviews generally appreciate the film's suspenseful nature and Hackman's acting, though some found the storyline to be less original.
The film is a remake of the 1954 film of the same name, which was directed by Richard Fleischer and starred Charles McGraw.
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