Seeing as this long forgotten classic is being remade, I thought I would see what it is all about. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three is a fun thriller. It is not something that is easy to forget, but somehow it has become that way. I can't really give an explanation for it.
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three is about a group of men named after colors boarding a subway car. They get on the train and hold it up with a ransom of a million dollars (and that was back in '74!). If their demands aren't met by the state of New York in an hour, they will kill one passenger per minute.
It really doesn't surprise me at all that somebody wants to remake it. It is a flawed movie. This has become even more flawed over the course of time because it is so dated. Still, old movies should never be touched. Then again, maybe this one does need the Denzel Washington/John Travolta/Jason Statham casting it recently got.
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three is very fun and I really do love the end. To tell what happens would completely ruin it, so I'll let you find out for yourself. The beginning is slow and well paced, but the end moves extremely fast. The film comes out to be a classic...a forgotten classic.
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