A Chinese Department of Health junior clerk Su Zhenghuai is with his eldest daughter Su Wei and son Su Yuexuan are on their way to visit relatives in the provincial city when they meet the long-lost second daughter Su Ling. Unfortunately, the train is attacked by rats. Su Yuexuan is bitten by a rat and goes into a coma. In order to save his young son and many bitten passengers, Su Zhenghuai and Su Wei decide to make the dangerous venture to Xiaobaihe Hospital to get medicine.
Practical Effects
Some real rats mixed with bargain-bin CGI chaos.
Production
Period train setting surprisingly detailed for the budget.
Director
Lin Zhenzhao
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Lin Zhenzhao specializes in creature features; this is his third 'animal attacks on transport' film after Snake on a Train (2018).
The 1920s Republican-era setting subtly critiques modern Chinese bureaucracy through the incompetent Health Department and unregulated train conditions.
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