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The Taking of Pelham 123
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
25 June 1963, Plano, Texas, USA
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3 May 1981, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
12 December 1978, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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28 February 1990, Long Island, New York City, New York, USA
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1960, USA
7 October 1969, New York City, New York, USA
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9 March 1983, Detroit, Michigan, USA
27 November 1960, Tappan, New York, USA
September 29, 2011
Thunderous, metallic, ominous, screeching sound effects add to the sensory perception that you're watching a megaton monster barreling toward a dramatic showdown.
June 12, 2009
Whereas the original, directed by Joseph Sargent, was essentially a well-oiled B movie, the new incarnation, directed by Tony Scott, is bristling with high-tech gimcrackery and over-the-top camera flourishes.
February 11, 2012
You're so busy enjoying the sound and picture quality that you're inclined to forgive the film's missteps.
June 12, 2009
Set in a nightmare New York City, the subway hostage thriller batters our nerves like a tom-tom.
June 15, 2009
Can a director be arrested for the attempted hijack of our emotions?
March 21, 2011
This sort of thing by design devolves into two guys talking on a phone, which if it's got any chance of working requires strong actors to bring their characters to life. Which is probably where Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 succeeds best.
June 15, 2009
Washington demonstrates his really remarkable ability to make us forget he's a movie star and completely believe he's a flawed but noble civil servant.
May 15, 2012
A professionally mounted genre exercise which tries to please both thriller and social drama crowds, and suffers mightily as a result.
July 31, 2009
'The Taking of Pelham 123' is not a bad film: it's ponderous and shallow, but always watchable. But what it crucially fails to do, especially in the light of its illustrious predecessor, is justify its own existence.
