Metro (2013): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2013, Metro is an action and thriller film directed by Anton Megerdichev, running about 130 minutes.

What it’s about. Terror strikes the underground train system in Moscow in the form of a flood from a collapsed tunnel. The film follows a diverse group of Moscow citizens who find themselves trapped in the city’s underground rail network, their train derailed and virtually crushed after an aging tunnel collapses. Amongst this band of survivors is softly spoken surgeon Andrey (Sergei Puskepalis), whose wife is having an affair with the conceited businessman Vlad (Anatoly Beliy). Fate brings these two men together on the same doomed train, but there is little time to resolve their differences, as the tunnel begins to quickly fill with water, forcing them to work together with the others and find a way back to the surface.

Who’s in it. Metro stars Sergey Puskepalis as Andrey Garin, Anatoliy Belyy as Vladislav Konstantinov, Svetlana Khodchenkova as Irina Garina and Katerina Shpitsa as Alisa, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.8/10, Metro has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response. It went on to earn $4.5M at the box office.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Amazon Prime Video, YouTube TV, Midnight Pulp and Amazon Prime Video with Ads and rent or buy it from Amazon Video and Fandango At Home. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Metro page.

If you liked it. Fans of Metro tend to enjoy The Dark Knight, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Inception and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.