This sees Denzel Washington and John Travolta team up in this remake of a 1974 adaptation that was remade in 1998. This sees John Travolta as Ryder the peron who take Pelham 123 and 18 hostages on board while Denzel Washington plays Garber who plays the Rail Control Center who was demoted after allegation of bribery.
This film sees the tussle of power between Garber and Ryder. This is a brilliant film that is sees a brilliant team up between Washington and Travolta. This film was never going to get anyone an academy award but this is a film that may be was over looked.
As the story enfolds we see that Ryder demands 10 million dollars with a deadline of 60 minutes. This deadline is hard to keep and there are scraps along the way for the police and Garber. During the hostage situation one of the hostages has a laptop which is able to broadcast the whole of the situation live to the millions and this is what brings in the views and glamorizes the hostage take over. in the long run even though Ryder does not know this it helps him along the route to what he is after achieving.
I dont want to give this film away as I think that it is a easy watch and does not take much thought process to see the bigger picture and who saved who.
I would fully recommend this film and I rate it 9 out of 10.
