Something went wrong
Try again later.
The Taking of Pelham 123
Following the struggle of the police against saving the lives of the hijacked train in Manhattan, where four armed criminals under the leadership of Ryder, a dangerous gangster, who hijacked a subway, demanding about 10 million dollars within an hour, or they will begin to kill the passengers gradually.
20 December 1979, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
28 February 1990, Long Island, New York City, New York, USA
23 November 1981, Brooklyn, New York, USA
1960, USA
3 May 1981, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
25 June 1963, Plano, Texas, USA
19 December 1981, Canberra, Australia
31 July 1986, Brooklyn, New York, USA
28 January 1967, USA
15 February 1976, Manhattan, New York City, 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
Set in a nightmare New York City, the subway hostage thriller batters our nerves like a tom-tom.
February 11, 2012
You're so busy enjoying the sound and picture quality that you're inclined to forgive the film's missteps.
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.
May 15, 2012
A professionally mounted genre exercise which tries to please both thriller and social drama crowds, and suffers mightily as a result.
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.
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.
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.