Night Train Ending Explained

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00:00Hi, welcome back to my channel, in this video, I will explain the ending of Night Train,

00:04so let's begin.

00:06Night Train is the miniaturized form of Fast and Furious, 2009, where the plot revolved

00:11around drugs being transferred by cars.

00:14However, Night Train is a more personal take on the matter and highlights a mother, a pro-driver,

00:19who enters the drug trafficking business so that she can afford her son's meds.

00:23As expected, she has a female police officer looking for her whereabouts.

00:28Will the mother be able to take care of her son?

00:30Let's find out, just to let you know this video will contain spoilers.

00:34Holly McCord is a pro-driver, her truck nicknamed Night Train, who works as staff at a production

00:39agency and barely makes ends meet.

00:42She has her son Shelby's medical checkup bills due, along with other debts.

00:46Thus, she reaches out to black market medical dealer Renzo Romeo for her son's meds at a

00:50much lower cost.

00:52Renzo delivers drugs to Kingpin Maxwell in Vegas via planes.

00:57But when Agent Connelly hires field agent Jalen Jackson to curb Maxwell, cocaine trafficking,

01:02who has ventured his black-way into medicine, thereby upsetting the people in American Big

01:06Pharma, Jackson seizes the planes.

01:09The only way for Renzo to transfer his drugs is by road.

01:12And Holly, desperate for her son's meds, decides to be the delivery man, relying on her driving

01:17skills, her powerful diesel truck, and the dark of the night.

01:21Will Holly be able to pull off her new job?

01:24Or will she be intercepted by Jackson and sent to prison, leaving behind her ailing

01:28son?

01:29Holly is a single mother whose son Shelby is suffering from a serious ailment.

01:33Being a pro-driver, she makes ends meet by racing at night and by working as staff for

01:37a Hollywood production agency during the day.

01:40She has her best friend, Tommy, the mechanic, who helps her out.

01:45Holly is a daredevil who, like what Mac told Johnny Blaze in Ghost Rider, 2007, has an

01:49angel looking after her.

01:51She survived a motorcycle crash wherein she was riding at over 180 miles per hour, receiving

01:56only cuts and bruises.

01:58Moreover, the fact that she decides to deliver Renzo's drugs to Vegas despite knowing just

02:03how dangerous it can be and how it can affect her son's life if she is sent to prison proves

02:07her confidence as well as bravery.

02:10She knows a lot about her truck and cars in general, being the daughter of a car enthusiast,

02:14and she puts her skills to use for the most important aspect of her life, her son.

02:19Being a single mother, she knows that she has to do what's necessary for her child,

02:23so driving to Vegas is not just a show of confidence but also of her fierce motherhood.

02:28To stand face-to-face with Maxwell at his place in Vegas, deny his offer, and take the

02:32money he offers her as a bonus is a decision that could certainly have led to an unfavorable

02:36outcome that Renzo mentions later as well.

02:39However, the film doesn't get to that point.

02:42If only we had a confrontation between Holly and Maxwell of some kind, Holly's strong

02:46character would have been established more effectively.

02:49The film thus leaves it to us to figure out Holly's character rather than exploring it

02:53for us.

02:54And we, for better or worse, do not spend much time doing that.

02:58Holly decides to leave the country and shift to Mexico for some time with her son to avoid

03:02meddling further in Maxwell's affairs.

03:05This is when she is intercepted by field agent Jalen Jackson.

03:09The best way to describe Jalen Jackson is that she has nothing to lose.

03:13A former US soldier, she once killed a family based on bad intelligence, and that has been

03:17eating her alive ever since.

03:19She suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder for the same and spends her life living one

03:23day at a time.

03:25At her wit's end, most of the time, Jackson doesn't have time for trash talk and means

03:29business.

03:30However, there is another weak side to her that also results from the same incident,

03:34i.e., guilt.

03:36As Connelly tells her, it is her guilt that is her driving force.

03:40It is the only feeling she has inside her that keeps her from losing her sanity.

03:44However, how it affects her isn't shown in the film, only that she is visibly shaken

03:48and hasn't been able to recover from the trauma, thus her PTSD.

03:52Yet all this doesn't sway her from her mission, as she cleverly finds out about the diesel

03:56trucks that are also used to transfer drugs.

03:59Then, during her conversation with Holly in a cafe, there is a constant energy exchange

04:03between the two as they try to test each other.

04:06This is where we see Jackson's other side, which is her trying to get the better of her

04:10opponent.

04:11Perhaps this is her way to find out how strong her opponent is.

04:14Yet, as with Holly, the film provides us with a bleak view of Jackson's character as well.

04:20Despite giving her character grave characteristics like PTSD and guilt along with boldness, the

04:25portrayal of these is utterly confusing.

04:28At one point, we are basically made to wonder if she has a potential split personality disorder,

04:32although we are highballing here, it is befitting.

04:35Do Holly and her son reach Mexico?

04:38When Holly decides to take her son and escape to Mexico, Renzo joins them.

04:43He has feelings for her and doesn't want her to be by herself.

04:46Also, he has sources in Mexico that will help her out with her son's meds.

04:50However, just before they can cross the border, they come across Agent Jackson.

04:55Then something very interesting happens.

04:58We cannot say if this was a cheap way out for the creators or an intelligent one, but

05:02Holly is able to manipulate, if not acknowledge, Jackson by telling her that they are quite

05:06similar to each other.

05:08Holly and Jackson are trying to run from their past, Holly by giving her son a better life,

05:13and Jackson by looking for a purpose and perhaps atonement.

05:16Holly addresses Jackson's atonement by saying that the innocent child that Jackson killed,

05:20as a part of the family in Baghdad due to bad intelligence, has returned in the form

05:24of Holly's son, Shelby.

05:26Jackson gets on her knees, proving thereby that Holly's spell has worked.

05:31Holly then gives her Connelly's phone number as the first breadcrumb that will lead her

05:34to Maxwell.

05:35Jackson didn't know that Connelly was involved with Maxwell, but now that she does, she will

05:39do what needs to be done.

05:41She then lets Holly, her son, and Renzo pass the border and reach Mexico.

05:46Renzo already has a new car waiting for them, one slower than Holly's night train, and tells

05:50Holly that it is time they slow down a bit.

05:53In other words, Holly wouldn't have to risk her life behind wheels for a living.

05:57Night train doesn't really do justice to its title.

06:00If we had some glimpses of Holly's past or maybe one or two more races, these would have

06:04established the title better.

06:06After all, she, and not her truck, is the night train.

06:10While we do get to see a happy ending, the film remains incomplete in the way it handles

06:14its main characters.

06:16We have to make do with what we are given, and that's the end of it.

06:19A one-time watch and nothing more.

06:22That's all for now folks.

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