Taking of Pelham 123 (R, Drama, Action) B

A dispatcher (Denzel Washington) receives a call from the highjacker (John Travolta) of Pelham 123. He soon becomes the only contact person and it’s up to him to keep the highjacker calm before he murders any of the passengers. The movie starts out very well but it looses steam at certain parts when somebody has to throw a joke in that only disrupts the sense of urgency and realism in the movie. There’s a regular countdown during the movie that also disrupts the level of immersion into the film, making it feel at times like it is a documentary.

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