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Money Train

Money Train is a 1995 American action comedy film directed by Joseph Ruben from the screenplay by Doug Richardson and David Loughery. It stars Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson as the foster brothers who plan to rob the money train to pay off the latter's debt. Jennifer Lopez, Robert Blake and Chris Cooper also star.

Foster brothers John and Charlie Robinson are transit cops patrolling the New York City Subway. On Christmas, they chase two muggers into a subway tunnel. Nearby trains are halted, but transit captain Donald Patterson allows the money train – hauling subway revenue – to continue. One of the teenage muggers is gunned down and killed by transit cops guarding the money train, triggering a brawl between them and the brothers. Patterson blames John and Charlie for delaying the money train.

Charlie asks John for money to buy a Christmas present, but instead uses it to pay off gambling debts to mobster Mr. Brown, only to get even more into debt when Brown threatens to have his men throw Charlie off a building, until John intervenes. Revealing Charlie is $15,000 in debt, John at first decides to let them drop Charlie. Yet after a brief conversation with John, Mr. Brown accepts John's promise to deliver the money in a few days.

John and Charlie both take a liking to Grace Santiago, an attractive newly assigned decoy transit officer. When a serial killer known as the Torch robs a token booth and sets it on fire, risking the killing of the booth attendant, John and Charlie rescue the attendant and put out the fire. The Torch escapes and knocks out Grace.

John rejects Charlie's plan to rob the money train to pay off his gambling debt. When the brothers and Grace are assigned to patrol the money train, Charlie discovers a grate in the train's floor and a maintenance ladder leading to Central Park. Another fight breaks out between John and an officer, quickly involving the entire squad. Once again blaming the brothers for the brawl and accusing them of taking some of the money, Patterson continues to berate them even after realizing a collection agent miscounted and there is no money missing.

Charlie tells John the best time to rob the money train would be New Year's Eve, due to less security and the year's highest proceeds: up to $4,000,000 that night.

John gives Charlie $15,000 to pay back Mr. Brown, but while on the train, Charlie is pickpocketed by an old lady and then beaten by Brown's men as punishment for non-payment. John is visited by Grace, having both realized their mutual attraction to each other, and the two have sex. On his way home, Charlie stops by John's apartment. He is saddened to spot Grace and John sleeping together, and Charlie walks away. John feels remorse for hurting Charlie, as well as disappointment in Charlie's losing the $15,000.

In a sting operation to apprehend Torch, Grace is disguised as a token booth attendant. Realizing the trap, Torch distracts police by pushing a man in front of a moving train, killing him. Torch sprays gasoline on Grace, but before he can light it, Charlie alerts the other officers, who open fire. John pursues the killer into another station, where they fight. Torch is burned by his gasoline and killed by an approaching train. Patterson fires Charlie for ruining the ambush. When John defends his brother to Patterson, John is fired as well, leading to the brothers having a falling out.

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