Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day’s work for dispatcher Walter Garbe into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
New York City subway dispatcher Walter Garber’s ordinary day is thrown into chaos by an audacious crime: the hijacking of a subway train. Ryder, a criminal mastermind, leads a highly-armed gang of four, threatening to execute the train’s passengers unless a large ransom is paid within one hour.
As the tension mounts beneath his feet, Garber employs his vast knowledge of the subway system in a battle to outwit Ryder and save the hostages. But there’s one riddle Garber can’t solve: even if the thieves get the money, how can they possibly escape?
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Release Date
June 12th 2009
Starring
Denzel Washington, John Travolta, James Gandolfini, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Brian Haley
Reminds me of
Money Train, Die Hard + 2 other films of the same name which flopped horribly.
Interesting Fact
This movie looks gay and its a remake of the 1974 stinker The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)… which starred a young, but still unattractive Walter Matthau. If thats not bad enough, this was also a TV movie in 1988 starring Donnie Wahlberg! Third times a charm, right?
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Tags: Crime 2009, Denzel Washington, Drama 2009, James Gandolfini, John Travolta, June 2009, Thriller 2009