Storyline
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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Cast
Jake Siciliano, Ty Jones, John Travolta, Jason Butler Harner, Denzel Washington, Chance Kelly, John Turturro, Michael Rispoli, Katherine Sigismund, Ramón Rodríguez, Billy Devlin, Aunjanue Ellis, Luis Guzmán, Victor Gojcaj, James Gandolfini, Alice Kremelberg, John Benjamin Hickey, Alex Kaluzhsky, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Gary Basaraba, Tonye Patano, Jonathan Rau, Chip Brookes
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Reviews
88
Rolling Stone
It's a first-class ride. All aboard.
83
Scott gets into the zip and rush of urban energy with an enthusiasm bordering on hilarity.
80
Variety
More than anything a fascinating portrait of how much New York has changed in 35 years, the film delivers the goods in excitement and big-star charisma.
80
A fast and relentless hostage thriller that never stops.
63
There's not much wrong with Tony Scott's The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, except that there's not much really right about it.
