Review of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) by Marvin N — 11 Sep 2009
Take-Up Productions is showing The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (the ORIGINAL version, not Travolta/Denzell copy) at Minne@polis' coolest movie venue, The Trylon Microcinema. We went last night and boy was it a great choice. This flick is a NYC retro thriller, exciting and mesmerizing on so many levels. They sure don't make movies like this anymore.
It was fun to notice all the famous actors besides the obvious - Ben Stiller's (and George Costanza's) father, such as Matthew Broderick's father, the man from Jaws, the man who hides behind a fence on some old sitcom, the guy in all those Woody Allen movies, Everybody Loves Raymond's mother.
Walter Matthau is just perfect, playing a character who is both calm and in control; the movie is so realistic and riveting, oh kind of said that already. For some reason this 1970s flick doesn't seem dated. Tons of asides, great point-of-view speeding and crashing cars. Love it.
This review of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) was written by Marvin N on 11 Sep 2009.
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three has generally received very positive reviews.
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