This is the movie to see for those of you who have troble with slow pace and tedium of silent movies. This is an action packed thriller. Complete with an incredible actor, doing his own stunts decades befor Jackie Chan, and not to mention he wrote and directed this movie.<br /><br />So, Johnny Greys just a regular old guy living in the south, running his train, "The General" , around the south in like the middle of the civil war. Some how or another the yankees steel the train and drive it off. well, Johnny wants his beloved train going in to enemy hands to he sets off after it. The meat of the movie is increble whil E Coyote stunts as Buster Keaton, as Johnny, trys to catch his train.<br /><br />