Lack of good storyline.

Better Late Then Never

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Joe (Ed Speleers) is the guard or conductor on a midnight train out of London. We discover he was passed over for a promotion and is working a double shift. After we get 10 minutes of his boring character, we get to know the passengers by his brief encounters as he checks their tickets. It is a rainy night. There is a full moon and Joe doesn't get any respect from his passengers "why don't you get a real job."The train is soon forced to a stop, surrounded by woods. We anticipate the struggle that is about to commence and have already decided who we want to see die first and survive. The DVD cover reveals the face of the creature described as a werewolf in the write-up. In reality it is more like an Urak-hai Orc with the face of a Morlock and wolf legs. You will get to see plenty of it, just hang in there. Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity.

I found this film by chance, and was very pleased, asi like werewolves and i like trains. spoiler alert. this film is simple, but effective, follows the myth of the were wolf, loosely, but to good effect, its as good as dog soldiers ,which also like, has many different characters who react in different ways, not always predictable. well filmed, didnt feel cheap and the acting is good for a horror film,i plan to buy the dvd, to keep it in my collection

Every carriage is a buffet car for a pack of werewolves when a red-eye train from Waterloo comes to a sudden halt on the track, having hit a stag. Down on his luck guard Joe (Ed Speleers) tries to keep his passengers calm while the driver (Sean Pertwee) inspects the damage, but finds his job more stressful than usual when the lycanthropes lurking in the woods launch an attack.There are several moments in Howl where one cannot help but roll their eyes, far-fetched elements including the barricading of a carriage using some handy dandy tools, an engineering student who knows how to operate and repair a train, and one dumb sap who wanders off into his fog shrouded surroundings because he hears a plaintive cry for help (needless to say, he doesn't make it back alive).In its favour, however, are a well-drawn cast of characters, plenty of tense action and atmosphere, a reasonable amount of blood and gore, and some of the most impressive looking cinematic werewolves since Neil Marshall's Dog Soldiers: ugly buggers with glowing eyes, massive maws full of razor sharp teeth, manky skin and matted fur, realised by an effective mix of practical makeup and CGI. So while the script might not rewrite the rules, Howl still has lots to recommend it.

A bunch of people are stuck in a train when it breaks down out somewhere in the country, at night of course. We meet the controller who didn't get a promotion, instead a jerk of a colleague did. He's also interested in a girl who works with him. There's an elderly couple, some annoying girl, some take-charge business guy and other, even lesser characters.The conductor goes outside to check the problem--some type of fluid leak. He doesn't fare well. About 55 minutes into the movie, the action starts.One woman is bitten in the leg another is dragged out of a window. The elderly woman is bitten and then begins transforming, eventually. A werewolf makes it inside the train and is killed. At some point some of the characters decide to walk to the station. Then more werewolves appear and things get more violent. We have to deal with the usual drama among some of the characters--some won't act, others look out only for their own skin, and others do care for everyone's safety.There's a bit of a surprise about who will survive in the end. But there's really not much going on here. For a whole train we only meet a few undeveloped characters. Things improve once the horror starts, not that things get particularly scary, but we're talking nearly one hour into the movie. The creatures though look very cool, cooler in the distance than up close but otherwise Howl doesn't have a whole lot to offer.