The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 Poster

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)

R 06/10/2009 Crime, Thriller, Action 1h 46m
64%
User
Score
6.4/10
51%
55/100

I can't get it out of my head. I'm gonna die today.

Overview

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.

Tony Scott

Director

Brian Helgeland

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington

Walter Garber

John Travolta

John Travolta

Ryder

John Turturro

John Turturro

Lt. Camonetti

Luis Guzmán

Luis Guzmán

Phil Ramos

James Gandolfini

James Gandolfini

Mayor

Michael Rispoli

Michael Rispoli

John Johnson

Gary Basaraba

Gary Basaraba

Jerry Pollard, motorman

Alex Kaluzhsky

Alex Kaluzhsky

George, teen hostage

Alice Kremelberg

Alice Kremelberg

George's Girlfriend

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Media

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Reviews

A review by JPV852

Written on April 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 the downside, as with many of his later films, Tony Scott's choppy direction was a bit annoying. **3.5/5**...

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A review by r96sk

Written on November 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 as lead!).

How strange that those two came together to make two very similar movies so close together. In the end, here, there is enough done to separate them, but early on especially I felt like I was watching the same film almost. For the record, that other release is so vastly better than this... so I'd recommend that more if you want a train-centric production from Scott and Washington.

With all that noted, this 2009 film is still a fairly enjoyable 1hr 40mins or so - despite some que...

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on February 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 subway train in New York, USA. Their plan is simple enough. They seize one car and then their leader “Ryder” (John Travolta) demands $10 millions within the hour or the bodies will start mounting up. His contact in the control room is “Garber” (Denzel Washington) and soon wheels are in motion to get the cash. What’s not so clear, though, is just what the agenda of these criminals is. It’s not an excessively large sum of money and we know that “Garber” is under investigation for bri...

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