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A gloriously silly train ride packed with drag queens, disaster and deliberately terrible jokes, Stop! That! Train! throws subtlety out the window and races straight towards full-blown camp.
Tess (Minj) and DeeDee (Jujubee) are unemployed train hostesses who land jobs aboard the high-speed Glamazon Express, travelling from Los Angeles to Miami alongside a collection of much less friendly colleagues. When traffic controller Donna (Bloom) spots a gigantic storm heading their way, President Gagwell (RuPaul Charles) is warned that the train could be heading into serious trouble. With the official conductors proving spectacularly useless, Tess and DeeDee are left to save the day.
The plot is really just an excuse to keep the jokes coming, with Shankman embracing the anything-goes spirit of Airplane! and piling on wordplay, slapstick, cameos and deliberately absurd visual gags. Familiar faces and drag favourites pop up throughout, while the script peppers the chaos with references that will particularly reward RuPaul’s Drag Race fans.
Fortunately, there is just enough character beneath the nonsense and the sheer commitment to silliness is infectious. This is proudly ridiculous, best enjoyed with the volume turned up and expectations switched off.