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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

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

2009 · 1h 46m · R Action, Crime, Thriller
Directed by Tony Scott

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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.

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All reviews
51%
Tomatometer
Rotten

'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.

Tom Huddlestone, Time Out
Rotten

Can a director be arrested for the attempted hijack of our emotions?

Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Fresh

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.

Ben Mankiewicz, At the Movies
Rotten

I was really disappointed by this.

Ben Lyons, At the Movies
Fresh

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.

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor

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