The Taking of Pelham 123 2009 Watch Free in HD

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.

Genre:

Action, Thriller, Crime

Actors:

Denzel Washington, John Travolta, Luis Guzmán, Victor Gojcaj, Robert Vataj, John Turturro, Michael Rispoli, Ramon Rodriguez, James Gandolfini, John Benjamin Hickey, Alex Kaluzhsky, ...»

Director:

Tony Scott

Country:

United States

Release:

2009

IMDb:

6.4

Quality:

Duration:

106 min

At the Movies

Washington demonstrates his really remarkable ability to make us forget he's a movie star and completely believe he's a flawed but noble civil servant.

June 15, 2009

Movie Metropolis

You're so busy enjoying the sound and picture quality that you're inclined to forgive the film's missteps.

February 11, 2012

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New Yorker

Can a director be arrested for the attempted hijack of our emotions?

June 15, 2009

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Shared Darkness

A professionally mounted genre exercise which tries to please both thriller and social drama crowds, and suffers mightily as a result.

May 15, 2012

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ComingSoon.net

This sort of thing by design devolves into two guys talking on a phone, which if it's got any chance of working requires strong actors to bring their characters to life. Which is probably where Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 succeeds best.

March 21, 2011

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Christian Science Monitor

Whereas the original, directed by Joseph Sargent, was essentially a well-oiled B movie, the new incarnation, directed by Tony Scott, is bristling with high-tech gimcrackery and over-the-top camera flourishes.

June 12, 2009

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Minneapolis Star Tribune

Set in a nightmare New York City, the subway hostage thriller batters our nerves like a tom-tom.

June 12, 2009

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American Profile

Thunderous, metallic, ominous, screeching sound effects add to the sensory perception that you're watching a megaton monster barreling toward a dramatic showdown.

September 29, 2011

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Time Out

'The Taking of Pelham 123' is not a bad film: it's ponderous and shallow, but always watchable. But what it crucially fails to do, especially in the light of its illustrious predecessor, is justify its own existence.

July 31, 2009

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