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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : Do people still ride the rails? I suppose they must, and yet the romantic image of the hobo has been replaced by New York City Mayor Ed Koch's attacks on panhandlers. We live in such an untrusting time that we assume even the homeless are working an angle. That's why the opening shots of ''Kansas'' are so arresting: We see a kid running along beside the train tracks, trying to hop up into the open door of a freight car, and then another kid inside gives him a hand. more...
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www.washingtonpost.com - : Directed by the Australian filmmaker David Stevens, the film tells the story of two drifters traveling through the Midwest who meet by chance in a freight car and become, first, partners in crime, then bitter enemies. The movie is structured like a row of dominoes. Doyle and Wade (Dillon and McCarthy) hop off their train in the small Kansas town where Doyle was born. On arrival, they break into a house, make a little lunch and help themselves to the liquor cabinet. Then Doyle, who says he gets ''high doing the unthinkable,'' casually lures Wade into the town bank, waves a pistol in his face and forces him to help in a robbery. more...
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