Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Denzel WashingtonWalter Garber
- John TravoltaRyder
- John TurturroLt. Camonetti
- Luis GuzmánPhil Ramos
- James GandolfiniMayor
- Michael RispoliJohn Johnson
- Gary BasarabaJerry Pollard, motorman
- Alex KaluzhskyGeorge, teen hostage
- Alice KremelbergGeorge's Girlfriend
- Katherine SigismundMother-hostage
Recommendations
- 88
Rolling Stone
It's a first-class ride. All aboard. - 83
Entertainment Weekly
Scott gets into the zip and rush of urban energy with an enthusiasm bordering on hilarity. - 80
Variety
More than anything a fascinating portrait of how much New York has changed in 35 years, the film delivers the goods in excitement and big-star charisma. - 80
New York Daily News
A fast and relentless hostage thriller that never stops. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
There's not much wrong with Tony Scott's The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, except that there's not much really right about it. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Curiously, despite the ever-energetic Tony Scott at the throttle, the sleek new edition isn't as transporting as it should have been. - 50
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Watching this Pelham--a money job from its conception--you can believe that there's no other motivation on Earth. - 50
Village Voice
Scott's redo comes up short in almost every regard against the '74 model--against David Shire's knuckled-brass score, against its mugs' gallery of '70s New York character actors, against Peter Stone's serrated script, and certainly against its wordless punchline.
