The Railway Man tells the extraordinary and epic true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is tormented as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labour camp during World War II. Decades later, Lomax discovers that the Japanese interpreter he holds responsible for much of his treatment is still alive and sets out to confront him, and his haunting past.
The Railway Man is a pretty interesting movie. I was embedded with the Far East Prisoners of War organization last year for 6 days, as the 5 that had worked on, and built the Death railway, the bridge on the river Kwai, and hell fire pass, toured for the first time the area they worked at, and lived as prisoners 70 years later, with not one of them having ever visited the area before. The youngest of the 5 was 93, and the oldest was 96, with 2 of them personally knowing Lomax from the prisoner camps.
They classed him a lot different than the movie portrays him, and said he was actually a trouble making radical, who's defiant actions risked the lives of a number of prisoners.
My photos of the 5 of them riding the train for the first time (they never got to ride the train when they were building it during the war), them at the bridge, and them in hell fire pass, were used at the London premiere of the film.
After his family is killed by a Serbian gangster with international interests. NYC detective Nick goes to S.E. Asia and teams up with a Thai detective to get revenge and destroy the syndicates human trafficking network.
Just a little note of trivia, should anybody ever ask you.
Dolf Lundgren is more than just a pretty face. Here are his educational accomplishments from Wikipedia.
He received a degree in chemistry from Washington State University, a degree in chemical engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm in the early 1980s, then a master's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Sydney in Sydney, Australia in 1982.
Sam is a killer by trade, one of a group of merciless men known as the Shadow Syndicate whose business is delivering fate for a price. But when Sam is asked to erase the line between honor and evil, he turns his back on the Shadows knowing this will make him a wanted man. After years of hiding in the hills of Thailand, Sam falls in love with a beautiful Thai girl (Mali) and fathers a son (Shiro). Sam and his family live a simple and happy life fishing and living off the land. But he can't run away from the past and soon finds out what happens when you cross the Shadow Syndicate. Sam and his wife are left for dead on a violent and bloody night. They think they have taken everything from him until cries from Shiro bring Sam back to the world of the living. Now with something worth fighting for and a thirst for vengeance ; Sam forges a mystical blade from the ashes of his one great love. Sam and Shiro embark on a journey across the globe to track down these evil men one by one to have their revenge.
