Yes, it gets a little far-fetched in the final act but if you go with it, The Girl on the Train really is a suspenseful watch. Thankfully I can say that it was very well done and actually offered something totally different to what I was expecting.

A lot of my hopes for this film were depending on the twist/reveal that would undoubtedly arrive in a mystery like this. It could have easily become quite convoluted and messy yet Erin Cressida Wilson's screenplay allows things to move along smoothly and without any confusion. The narrative is told from the point of view of the three main female characters Rachel, Anna and Megan.

Now, while I don't think this is a better film than Gone Girl, I do think it serves up a worthy mystery that kept me guessing right up until the twist/reveal later on in the story. Based on the best-selling novel by Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train is a mystery thriller that reminded me of David Fincher's Gone Girl, which is not a bad thing at all. Rachel's unstable state leads her on a downward spiral that sees her embroiled in a missing persons investigation that will change her life forever. On her journey, Rachel fantasises about the relationship of Scott (Luke Evans) and Megan Hipwell (Haley Bennett), who live a few doors down from her ex-husband, Tom (Justin Theroux), and his new wife, Anna (Rebecca Ferguson). Emily Blunt stars as Rachel Watson, an alcoholic divorcée who takes the same train to work each day. None of us have quite had a commute that changes our lives quite like Rachel Watson in The Girl on the Train though. You go by the same places and see the same faces each and every day. We've all experienced the same monotonous train commute to work in our lives at some point.

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