The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)

Movie Details

Original Title The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

Original Language EN

Budget $100,000,000

Revenue $150,166,126

Status Released

Popularity 2.5

Cast

Denzel Washington

Walter Garber

Popularity: 4.4

John Travolta

Ryder

Popularity: 3.3

John Turturro

Lt. Camonetti

Popularity: 2.2

Luis Guzmán

Phil Ramos

Popularity: 4.5

James Gandolfini

Mayor

Popularity: 1.1

Michael Rispoli

John Johnson

Popularity: 1.5

Gary Basaraba

Jerry Pollard, motorman

Popularity: 0.8

Alex Kaluzhsky

George, teen hostage

Popularity: 0.3

Alice Kremelberg

George's Girlfriend

Popularity: 1.4

Katherine Sigismund

Mother-hostage

Popularity: 1.9

Jake Siciliano

Boy hostage

Popularity: 0.2

Gbenga Akinnagbe

Wallace, hostage

Popularity: 4.6

Key Crew

Director Tony Scott

Screenplay Brian Helgeland

Producer Richard Baratta, Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal

Editor Chris Lebenzon

Production

Escape Artists

Columbia Pictures

Relativity Media

Scott Free Productions

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Videos & Trailers

Taking of Pelham 123 - trailer

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Reviews from TMDB

JPV852 7/10

Apr 12, 2021

Saw this one many years ago, probably when it came out on Blu-ray, and decided to give it another watch at random, and... pretty much lined up with from the first go around. Nothing amazing nor has any great twists, but the performances from Washington and Travolta made the movie worth the time. On ... Read more

r96sk 7/10

Nov 15, 2023

Having seen (and truly loved) <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/unstoppable-2010/" rel="nofollow">Unstoppable</a>'</em>, it's impossible not to see <em>'The Taking of Pelham 123'</em> as a rather pale incarnation of that 2010 flick (which also has Tony Scott as director and Denzel Washington ... Read more

CinemaSerf 6/10

Feb 22, 2025

It’s not really fair comparing this with the much more sophisticated 1974 version of this story as Tony Scott has taken a fairly broad-brush to that template and pretty much re-characterised the whole story. That’s a story about a gang of well organised criminals who plan a daring hijack of a su ... Read more