導演: 喬納森·泰普茲
編劇: 弗蘭克·科特雷爾·博伊斯 / Andy Paterson
主演: 妮可·基德曼 / 柯林·菲爾斯 / 杰瑞米·艾文 / 斯特蘭·斯卡斯加德 / 真田廣之
類型: 劇情
制片國家/地區: 英國 / 澳大利亞 Australia
語言: 英語
上映日期: 2013-09-06(多倫多電影節) / 2013-12-26(澳大利亞) / 2014-01-03(英國)
片長: 116分鐘
又名: 鐵路人
《鐵路人》改編自埃里克·洛馬克斯(Eric Lomax)的同名暢銷小說。二戰期間英國士兵洛馬克斯被日軍俘虜,被迫在在緬甸-暹羅(泰國舊稱)做鐵路苦工,身心受盡難以想象的摧殘,他一生都難以逃出陰影。三十年后,洛馬克斯獲悉曾經折磨過他的一個日本兵還活在人世,他決定去見見這個人,不是為了報復尋仇,而是想要與過去和解。
During World War II, Eric Lomax (played by Colin Firth) is a British officer who is captured by the Japanese in Singapore and sent to a POW camp, where he is forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway. During his time in the camp he is tortured by an officer and meets a fellow POW (played by Ben Rossberg).
Years later, and still suffering the psychological trauma of his wartime experiences, Lomax is persuaded by his wife Patti to find and confront one of his captors. Accompanied by his best friend (played by Skarsgard), Lomax returns to the scene of his torture and manages to track down his captor, Japanese officer Takashi Nagase (played by Sanada), from the prison camp, "in an attempt let go of a lifetime of bitterness and hate".
從首款預告來看,由科林·費斯飾演的洛馬克斯與妮可·基德曼飾演的妻子,他們之間的對手戲水準不俗。日本男星真田廣之飾演人到中年的日本兵,面對曾經遭受自己虐待過的俘虜,他以自己的余生尋求原諒。《戰馬》男星杰瑞米·艾文這次從一戰穿越到二戰,飾演青年時代的洛馬克斯。另外,瑞典老戲骨斯特蘭·斯卡斯加德也在片中出演重要角色。