Taking of Pelham 123

Taking of Pelham 123 stars Denzel Washington and John Travolta. Denzel is a New York city metro transit authority supervisor who has been busted down to dispatch during an on going investigation into whether or not he was accepting a bribe, and Travolta is the criminal that gets thrown into Denzel's life after he hijacks on of the subways that Denzel is monitoring.

This movie is a remake from the 1970's, and honestly it should have been left alone. The acting is some of the least memorable from the long careers of these two Hollywood icons. Except for one scene in which Denzel is forced into giving away personal information, you never really feel any emotional connection to either one. Travolta does little but scream and throw in the F-bomb every line or two in his attempt to seem like a believable sinister and slightly insane bad guy.

Overall this movie was a letdown. I have liked many movies that these two have created from Denzel's Crimson Tide to Travolta's Swordfish.

On the popcorn scale Taking of Pelham 123 would earn a small popcorn bucket. Skip this one until it comes to video or at least super saver day at your local second run movie theater