3 out of 5 subway cars for The Taking of Pelham 123, coming out June 12. Denzel Washington is the ordinary-guy dispatcher taking on John Travolta as the mastermind subway hijacker.
Director Tony Scott's slick remake — usually called an "updating" these days — will not improve on the 1974 version, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, which had Walter Matthau's ordinary-guy dispatcher matching wits with Robert Shaw as the mastermind behind the hijacking of Pelham 123. The gritty '74 version has tension with a humorous ending. Slick 2009 loses out to gritty 1974. Oh well.
Monday, June 1, 2009
The Oracle rates The Taking of Pelham 123
The Oracle here at Robert Folsom Writes knows you don't have to see a movie to rate it. All you have to do is watch the trailer.
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The only part of this film I'm going to enjoy is watching Travolta's neck tat fry on the third rail.
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