In fact, one could make the argument that what truly is transpiring here cannot be fully understood and appreciated until the film's final few moments. As a result, TRAIN explores more than one budding relationship, making the film as uneven as it is unpredictable. Instead of running from one of them, she inevitably chooses aspects of both for her affection, but this choice only forces her further and further into confusion. While one could hardly argue with the notion that there are parts of TRAIN that appear uneven and, at least, forced, the film still manages to deliver a perspective worth a single view: who does Zhou Yu love and why? Torn between these two men for wildly conflicting reasons, she can't make sense of her dilemma. While she initially resists his desire, she eventually gives in to an indescribable curiosity which forces all of them to examine their various roles in one another's lives. On the train, however, a humorous veterinarian (played Sun Honglei) sees, approaches, and flirts with her. Twice a week, Zhou Yu rides the train to be with him. Zhou Yu (the lovely Gong Li) plays a young painter who falls in love with a shy poet, Chen Ching (played by Tony Leung Ka-Fai).
ZHOU YU'S TRAIN is the type of film that may require repeat viewing in order for the casual viewer to take in all the thia story has to offer: if you blink - much like the effect of the quickly passing scenery out the window of any train - you might miss a plot line, a character moment, or a perspective that would better be explored, as the climax to this evenly and perhaps-too-leisurely-paced romance shows.
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