Subways are subways. Nothing much changed in decades. In this story a New York City subway gets stolen and the passengers are taken hostage only to be released for 1 million dollars in ransom demand. How will they get away with it?
This classic hostage flick goes back to the seventies, 1974 to be exact. Sound quality is MONO. Does everybody still even know what that means? One channel sound, when today there are 7 or more. Besides this the photography isnt grandiose either. It really has got that typical cheap early seventies feel to it, the period however Quentin Tarantino was so found of and is now going back to with his new movie. And for good reason, because in this period a lot of classics were born. And "The Taking of Pelham 123" is one of them. Although it certainly is no masterpiece, it is still a really good hostage movie with excellent acting by Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw.
You can also choose to see the modern remake of this movie with Denzel Washington and John Travolta. I watched that modern remake myself but I got bored with it within minutes. Maybe kids would love the modern version better though, but if you personally are more of a cinephile then the seventies version is the more popular one that gets the highest Imdb ratings from critics as well.
Seen it many times now and besides some cheap effects and poor sound quality it is still a movie I go back to every year or so. I just love the New York cussing and complaining in it,I love the dirty New York strreets and subway and I really dig the great seventies soundtrack, however bad it technically may sound in MONO lol...
This classic hostage flick goes back to the seventies, 1974 to be exact. Sound quality is MONO. Does everybody still even know what that means? One channel sound, when today there are 7 or more. Besides this the photography isnt grandiose either. It really has got that typical cheap early seventies feel to it, the period however Quentin Tarantino was so found of and is now going back to with his new movie. And for good reason, because in this period a lot of classics were born. And "The Taking of Pelham 123" is one of them. Although it certainly is no masterpiece, it is still a really good hostage movie with excellent acting by Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw.
You can also choose to see the modern remake of this movie with Denzel Washington and John Travolta. I watched that modern remake myself but I got bored with it within minutes. Maybe kids would love the modern version better though, but if you personally are more of a cinephile then the seventies version is the more popular one that gets the highest Imdb ratings from critics as well.
Seen it many times now and besides some cheap effects and poor sound quality it is still a movie I go back to every year or so. I just love the New York cussing and complaining in it,I love the dirty New York strreets and subway and I really dig the great seventies soundtrack, however bad it technically may sound in MONO lol...