The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Directed by Joseph SargentFour armed men hijack a New York City subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. The city's police are faced with a conundrum: Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
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- NinepintcoggieMay 17, 2025very small and cramped but well shot, high tension, low explosions, dark but extremely well lit, plenty of jokes in tense scenes without it feeling whedon-fied. they really don't make them like that anymore
- 匚卂尺ㄥ11h agoAmazing movie start to finish. This movie absolutely torches so many -isms. Racism. Sexism. Lousy-person-ism. Mishigoss. And it finds a way to do this with humor and such juicy, delicious dialogue and it's like eating a 7-course meal! Most of the actors in this movie are / were native New Yorkers. From the way Walter Matthau says "woik" (work), to the way Jerry Stiller says "cantaloupe" to Beatrice Wind saying the memorable phrase "Pelham One Two Three is in motion," this thing is non-stop awesome! After watching this movie, you'll be walking around talking with a New York accent for several hours! That's how good this is! I am totally convinced with so many New Yorkers in the cast, and the movie being shot in New York, that the set must have smelled of pastrami on rye and Malamars! And that "gotcha" look at the end from Matthau to Martin Balsam...outstanding! Marie Gorman, Hector Elizondo, Balsam, Dick O'Neill, Julius Harris, Doris Roberts, Anthony Holland, Tom Pedi, Alex Colon...everyone in this film was spot-on! From character development to camera shots you cannot look away from, this is an amazing movie! And always will be!
- .LAGMay 11, 2025Potboiler.
