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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) -- 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 Garbe (Washington) into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime (Travolta).
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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) -- 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 Garbe (Washington) into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime (Travolta).

Overview

User Rating:
6.6/10   17,571 votes
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Director:
Tony Scott
Writers (WGA):
Brian Helgeland (screenplay)
John Godey (novel)
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Release Date:
12 June 2009 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Thriller more
Plot:
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. | full synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
A good, tense heist thriller more (147 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Taking of Pelham 123 (UK) (promotional title) (USA) (promotional title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence and pervasive language.
Runtime:
106 min
Country:
USA | UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

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Trivia:
John Travolta's character (Ryder) wears a Breitling watch. Travolta is a spokesperson for Breitling. more
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Continuity: When the money car is struck and rolls over, the light bar is knocked off the roof. When the car is shown flipping through the air and when it falls to the street, the bar is back on. more
Quotes:
Ryder: You know we all owe God a debt... and I'm a man who pays his debts. Are you a man who pays his debts?
Walter Garber: Yeah, yeah, sure... TV, cable, uh and my mortgage. That's a little like dying once a month.
Ryder: Oh, you're married... you're a married man?
Walter Garber: Maybe.
Ryder: Oh, no... you're married, man. Married men have mortgages.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in 81st Annual Academy Awards (2009) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
99 Problems more

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31 out of 49 people found the following comment useful.
A good, tense heist thriller, 13 June 2009
7/10
Author: tvspace from hiding under my seat

A surprisingly enjoyable and tense thriller. While it does have a good bit of the kind of silly excess that ruins most summer blockbuster movies anymore, those flaws are overshadowed by the tightly-wound script and a couple of good performances from Denzel Washington and John Travolta. Director Tony Scott seems to have spent a good bit of effort trying to channel the spirit of 1970's American movies, and often this pays dividends as the focus on grittiness over spectacular action sequences ups the suspense. It's interesting that as the movie approaches the end you can feel the director's 21st century comic-book instincts straining against the genre he's working in as the story becomes increasingly less believable and more "heroic."

Nevertheless I can recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys a suspenseful action movie that doesn't beat you over the head with histrionics from beginning to end. Admittedly I've never seen the original, and I can easily imagine those who love it might be substantially less enthusiastic about this remake.

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