Review of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) by Daniel C — 01 Jun 2009

Good, but feels like it could've been a lot better.

This review of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) was written by Daniel C on 01 Jun 2009.

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Review of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

By Matthew H (1,857) on 22 Apr 2014

The original Taking of Pelham One Two Three is better than the Travolta-Washington remake because of its ability to find tension and thrills…

Read Review

Review of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

By President P (234) on 06 Aug 2013

The original, and of course best, Taking of Pelham One Two Three is a masterpiece…

Read Review

Review of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

By Andre D (1,970) on 29 Dec 2015

What a fantastic action-suspense film…

Read Review

Review of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

By Sean Axmaker (1,564) for Seanax.com (387) on 29 Mar 2017

…

Read Review

Review of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

By Tony P (976) on 06 Jan 2017

Better than the remake. Well worth a watch…

Read Review

Review of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

By Brad S (2,657) on 29 Dec 2015

What a fantastic action-suspense film…

Read Review

Review of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

By Kevin S (2,121) on 20 May 2013

This exciting action movie is about armed criminals taking over a subway train with hostages in attempt to collect one million dollars…

Read Review

Review of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

By Andy S (1,590) on 10 Jan 2019

I like how they show in detail the different rules that the subway operator has to follow. I've never seen that in a movie…

Read Review

Review of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

By Tibor F (21) on 29 Jan 2015

Inspiration for the color-themed aliases in Reservoir Dogs. One of my favorite films from the '70s…

Read Review

Review of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

By John H. Dorr (2) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 02 Oct 2018

The large, well-characterized cast is ably headed by Walter Matthau, whose wonderfully weary sense of irony is perfect…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Under Siege (1992)

By Rachael H (286) on 25 Feb 2010

I saw bits of it and it didn't look up to scratch…

Read Review

Review of Albino Alligator (1997)

By Emma N (107) on 14 May 2009

Embarrassing vanity project that should have remained on Spacey's hard drive…

Read Review

Review of The Bank Job (2008)

By Leet. (4) on 30 Sep 2008

What has happened to the mind of Stephanie Zacharek? This erstwhile movie reviewer for Salon.com is almost never wrong…

Read Review

Review of Bad Boys II (2003)

By Tony Toscano (229) for Talking Pictures (U.S.) (220) on 20 Jul 2003

Bad Boys 2 is exactly what a summer sequel should be - bigger, better and badder than the original…

Read Review

Review of Alfie (2004)

By Tony Medley (1,109) for tonymedley.com (461) on 04 Nov 2004

Law is unconvincing as a roué, the script is juvenile and the directing is bereft of inspiration…

Read Review

Review of Superman II (1980)

By Brianp-C (1) on 01 Nov 2006

Two words: Richard Donner…

Read Review

Review of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

By Broyax (884) on 06 Apr 2019

Une loque de sous-comédie amerloque foireuse et certainement ce qui se fait de pire dans ce sous-genre (celui de la comédie de golios)…

Read Review

Review of Conspiracy Theory (1997)

By Broyax (884) on 02 May 2020

Il y avait de l'idée dans ce personnage complètement parano, exemple parfait de la théorie du complot ou plutôt des (innombrables) théories…

Read Review

Review of Snake Eyes (1998)

By Originaldanger (63) on 07 Sep 2020

Snake Eyes is a 1998 thriller and type of a mystery film…

Read Review

Review of Metro (1997)

By Lisa Schwarzbaum (1,672) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 19 Aug 2002

In Metro, he’s been replaced by a slick, businesslike machine of an actor, playing an uninspired variation on the Axel Foley character he’s…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Parasite

2019

87%251 Reviews

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

63%92 Reviews

A Simple Favor

2018

69%617 Reviews

Babylon

2022

68%144 Reviews

Barbie

2023

68%382 Reviews

Hereditary

2018

72%1,650 Reviews

Nope

2022

68%181 Reviews

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

43%1,173 Reviews

Avengers: Endgame

2019

86%432 Reviews

The Menu

2022

70%145 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

1974

76%535 Reviews

Bad Moms

2016

60%996 Reviews

The Wolverine

2013

66%1,057 Reviews

We Are Your Friends

2015

54%305 Reviews

Easy Rider

1969

77%694 Reviews

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

2008

53%737 Reviews

The Imitation Game

1980

80%923 Reviews

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls

1995

62%591 Reviews

Surrogates

2009

57%67 Reviews

The Guest

2014

72%889 Reviews