"Do as I say or the train gets it!" At first glance Liam Neeson appears to be literally holding the train hostage. Then we notice his leg hanging off the side and wonder if he's trying to stop the train with his foot. There's no shortage of action in the poster. We've got a flaming train, helicopters, and police in riot gear. But none of it makes any sense. The train seems to simultaneously be at a standstill and moving very fast. If you look at
another poster for the film we can see that Neeson is supposed to be in between train cars, which makes sense. But for this poster to make any sense, the car he is on has to be travelling perpendicular to the rest of the train. Finally, we've got those two taglines. The first one ("think fast, act faster") makes little sense and the second one is a bit of an insult for the Oscar nominated actor from
Schindler's List. Overall, this poster is just a complete mess.