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Atomic Train

1999 · 1 season

A tense, fast-paced disaster thriller that keeps you on edge with its race-against-time premise and explosive set pieces.

Created by
Dick Lowry, David Jackson
Genres
Drama, Action & adventure
Starring
Rob Lowe, Kristin Davis, Esai Morales
Overview
A train carrying a Russian atomic weapon is on a runaway course with disaster - and time's running out! Only John Seger, a renegade investigator for the NTSB, can stop the speeding locomotive.

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Created by
Dick Lowry, David Jackson
Genres
Drama, Action & adventure
Starring
Rob Lowe, Kristin Davis, Esai Morales
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • family
  • fate
  • technology
  • death
Places
  • small town
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror3
Humour2
Realism5
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness6
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, action & adventure
Created by
Dick Lowry, David Jackson
Written by
D. Brent Mote, Rob Fresco, Phil Penningroth
Starring
Rob Lowe, Kristin Davis, Esai Morales, John Finn, Mena Suvari, Erik King, Blu Mankuma, Don S. Davis
Music
Lee Holdridge
Cinematography
Steven Fierberg
Length
1 seasons, 2 episodes
Network
NBC
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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