Mystery Train. 

Good flick, but why was it called Mystery Train?

It had three stories:
Favorite was the very first one about a couple from Japan going to visit sun studios where Elvis recorded his music. Very cool fish out of water story as you get a bit of a culture clash form the Japanese on how they do things, Especially while on vacation. They did not let the fact that they did not speak the language or knew the culture stop their loved of Elvis. Very Delightful.

The Last Segment had a young Steve Buscemi as a man trying to help his ex-girlfriend’s brother  (Who he delusional calls his Brother-In-Law),  played by Joe Strummer who “Fought the Law”, as he “Rocked the Casbah” (Sheriff didn’t like that). It was dark and funny at the same time as they lay low from both cops and criminals alike.

The middle story which I did not find that interesting is about an Italian woman stuck in Memphis while trying to get her husband’s dead corpse back home. She shares a room in the hotel with a woman and sees a ghost that looks like Elvis (Funny thing is, the Japanese couple from the first story was actually renting a room in that hotel at the same time). I did not really find the story that interesting, however.

So the movie begins strong with a weak middle and a solid ending, but what’s funny is that the characters are more connected by the Hotel they rented a room from on the same night, that’s run by Night manager  Screamin’ Jay Hawkins. They should have called the movie Mystery Hotel instead, but Mystery Train does have a better ring to it.

One of Jim Jarmusch best efforts.