The Taking of Pelham 123
I don’t remember having seen the original of this movie (or reading the book), so this one was new to me.
It’s about a bad guy (John Travolta) who is holding a subway train and passengers hostage for $10,000,000. That’s not really it though, he’s not interested in the ten million, he’s really interested in affecting the stock market because he’s invested put two million into something (can’t remember if it showed) that rises up to $307 million by the end of the movie.
Denzel Washington plays a demoted transit big guy who ends up taking the hostage call and going above and beyond the duty in order to see that Travolta doesn’t get away with it.
The movie was ok. I don’t know if I really like John Travolta as a bad guy, even though I liked him as a hitman in Pulp Fiction. I think I find it too same old, same old.
Denzel plays his most usual part – the good guy, caring, concerned, and the only one that Travolta wants to speak to.
I guess it wasn’t a bad time waster. I’ve seen worse.
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is the new 30. I want the world to close their mouths when they’re eating or chewing gum. If they don’t, I want to elbow them in the face.
I haven’t even heard of it. Sounds like my husband might like it.