The Taking of Pelham 123 [2009] (DVD) Reviews

Remakes of old films or the making of films from old television series seems to be all the rage these days. Apparently, this version of the 1974 film "The Taking of Pelham 123" is an update rather than a remake, but that's just semantics, as it amounts to more or less the same thing. I've not seen the original, but given that these ...  Read the complete review

The Taking of Pelham 123 is a film that I wanted to see as soon as I saw it advertised at the cinema. The main reason is I always love John Travolta as a "bad boy", ever since Face/Off. ** Brief Synopsis ** Tony Scott directs this remake of the 1974 thriller that pits Denzel Washington and John Turtorro against a ...  Read the complete review

John Travolta and Denzel Washington two of the most well known actors out there and they come together in this brilliant film. As soon as i seen the advertisments for this film it was something i had to go see. When i first seen John Travolta acting the baddy it was strange, i have never watched a film where he was the bad guy although ...  Read the complete review

I never see the point in re-making movies, especially in the case of The Taking of Pelham 123 as I believe in the old proverb "If it ain't broke don't fix it". I was also not to keen about this movie, but a friend had dragged me in to see it. Fortunately for me I was pleasantly surprised. I had seen the ad in the cinemas for ...  Read the complete review

Pelham 123 was a New York subway train that left the Pelham depot at 1:23pm. John Travolta plays "Ryder" the brutal hijacker who with three others hijacked the train as it was due to leave the station. Walter Garber (Denzel Washington) was the under pressure and under investigation dispatcher (controller) who had no idea how his day ...  Read the complete review

Continuing its current lack of imagination, yet another remake rolls into town. This time it's the turn of The Taking of Pelham 123, originally a 1974 film about the hijacking of a train, now retooled as a vehicle for Denzel Washington and John Travolta. I freely admit to being sceptical about this one when I went in. Hollywood's track ...  Read the complete review

Am a big John Travolta fan so had been looking forward to this film coming out for ages. Had the date in my diary and went to see it at the flicks the first day the previews started - and it didn't disappoint!! John Travolta is always at his best when he's playing the villain - he brings a lot of dark humour to this film as well. The cinema I was ...  Read the complete review

For the past few days and weeks there has been a lot of speculation surrounding 'The Taking Of Pelham 1 2 3' conserned with people simply not sure if they should pay the money to go and watch it. Well I can tell you that last night (7th of August) me and my friends took the jump and decided to go and see what all the controversy and hype was ...  Read the complete review

There was not much else to see on my weekly cinema trip. I'd already seen Harry Potter, and all the other obvious ones, so I was left to chose between a few I hadn't really heard of. I hadn't seen any adverts for this (or none that had really caught my eye) but it looked quite actiony and gangstery so I thought it would please the other half. I ...  Read the complete review

In this remake of the 1974 film, Denzel Washington takes the role of train dispatcher Walter Garber, played by Walter Matthau in the original. Interestingly, although the original character was called Zachary Garber, Denzel Washington's character is called Walter, as a tribute to Walter Matthau. John Travolta as Ryder replaces Robert Shaw's Mr ...  Read the complete review

Often, film remakes are considered unnecessary, especially when the original film is a classic in its own right - and this is arguably the case with Tony Scott's 'The Taking of Pelham 123' which updates Joseph Sargent's 1974 thriller. The story revolves around 'Ryder' (John Travolta), who, alongside a group of machine gun wielding ...  Read the complete review

The first time i saw anything about this was a TV advert which got me interested, but also made me think this is just another hostage movie, but i was very surprised. This film was a thrill ride from the start, although not that fast paced, it was really entertaining. Especially to see how easy it was to take a subway train over! The SFX in the ...  Read the complete review

Long gone are the days where you'll see John Travolta donning flares and swinging his hips to music from the 50s as he once did for his role as Danny Zuko. Replace flares with shotguns, and "Blue Moon" with a hell of a lot of swearing, and you'll have your expectations set for the new film The Taking of Pelham 123. Starting ...  Read the complete review

With the main two stars being John Travolta and Denzil Washington I had high hopes for this film and on the whole it did not disappoint me and also I enjoyed Deja Vu which was the same director for this film so it looked like it would be a good one. Denzil Washington plays Walter Gerber who works for the New York City subway service as ...  Read the complete review

Film Review Only: When I last went to the cinema, I tried to see the latest Harry Potter film but it was full so I decided to see 'The Taking of Pelham 123' instead. I walked in looking at the audience, which were mostly old. I felt terrible as I wanted to see the Harry Potter film so walked in, feeling like a Harry Potter reject, ...  Read the complete review

'The Taking of Pelham 123' was a film I had been looking forward to seeing for a while. The cast looked superb, the trailer set things up nicely and I heard it wasn't a total remake so all seemed good. That was until I saw the star ratings on Empire and Total Film, giving it two and three starts respectively. Still, I went along ...  Read the complete review

~ Garber, You didn't say Goodbye ~ Last night me and my man decided to spend a Sunday night at the local cinema. We don't go very often as it is so over priced at the moment but after we had seen the trailers for 'Taking Pelham 123 we thought we would give it a go. The trailer looked really good with loads of action shots. For me ...  Read the complete review

An ordinary day at work at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), is thrown in disarray for subway dispatcher Walter Garber when a group of hijackers suspend the Pelham 123 subway and hold the passengers at ransom. The leader of the hijackers, Ryder, demands ten million dollars and he wants it in exactly one hours time. For every ...  Read the complete review

Villains. THEY'RE the ones who make action movies work, aren't they? Without them, there wouldn't be a movie. Until they get going, the hero can't do his heroics to save the day, foil the plot and bring the villain to justice. And the goodie can only ever be as good as the baddie is bad. This is why SAS hardcases storm embassies while ...  Read the complete review

As the film has only just been released at the cinema this is a film only review. I will definitely be checking out the dvd once it is available. The Taking of Pelham 123 which is directed by Tony Scott and stars John Travolta and Denzel Washington is an up to date remake of the 1974 film of the same name, both films being based on the ...  Read the complete review