The Taking of Pelham 123

Directed by Tony Scott. Written by Brian Helgeland and John Godey. Starring Denzel Washington, John Travolta, and James Gandolfini.

Columbia Pictures - 2009

Two Stars of Review! **

So you take a movie that's been remade, what, twice? You make it way 2009 by throwing in a fair amount of lazy profanity, a little visual masturbation a la Tony Scott, and what do you end up with? A perfectly serviceable thriller. That is until the last act where Denzel Washington's every-man suddenly turns Rambo meets Bullet. It isn't often that an ending spoils an entire film for me, but this wasn't exactly a gripping mind trip to begin with. Watch it if you have nothing better to do.