Jack Lehtonen
26Aug11
Thank you! With this, Deja Vu, and Unstoppable, Scott's gaze is planted firmly on post 9/11 American, whether it deals with the attacks themselves (Pelham), Katrina (Deja Vu) or the recession (Unstoppable).
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Christopher Connell
25Aug11
As someone who's lived in New York during 9/11 and visited London when the 7/7 bombings happened, this film meditates on everything that the people I knew was thinking about: destruction without purpose, government hypocrisy, the desire for vengeance and the pride in being a New Yorker. Some reviews have mentions 9/11, but it seems that few critics have realized its integrality to the film - the best on the subject.
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Easton Dubois
8Jul11
Travolta playing tough guy? You could see the male pubic hairs in his teeth, not a menacing bad guy at all. A pointless revved up remake.
Jack Lehtonen
12Jan11
Perhaps the most underrated of Scott's post-Enemy of the State period, as the others all (deservedly) appear to have supporters. Ignatiy Vishnevetsky's write-up said it the best: a film about two men talking over radios. No one can string time, settings and people together like Scott. His skill with editing is incredible.
Matthew King
30Jun10
For me it wasn't as bad as I was expecting. I'm not a Tony Scott fan and I loved the original, but for an action film from todays "remake factory" aka Hollywood, I wouldn't place it in the "shit pile", maybe the "ho hum" pile. Hollywood pumps out worse each and every week.
Philip Ingram
1Mar10
For what this movie was supposed to be, filler, it wasn't too bad. I expected nothing and came away thinking "that didn't suck". Yes, it's denzel playing his usual character, yes it's John Travolta playing a white mike Tyson, however the whole movie was kept pretty interesting and a good use of a Manhattan map for transitions. Meh, there are worse movies out there...
Andhika Eka Buana
12Nov09
it's always great to see Travolta in his bad guy mode (i love his performance in broken arrow,face off,and swordfish).and watching him chewing the scenery in this movie,makes it one step ahead from mediocrity
Rina
27Sep09
I expected The Taking Of Pelham 123 to be an average but solid hijacking thriller, however, it didn't even live up to that. The story drags on, the cinematography and occasional interjection of time designations create an annoying kind of hecticness and the characters are way too flat. I simply didn't care. If it wasn't for Denzel Washington's and James Gandolfini's performances, I'd rate this with one star only.