Movie review: The Taking of Pelham 123: 3 of 5 stars

That 1970s action classic The Taking of Pelham 123 earns an efficient if not exactly riveting treatment from Tony Scott, the lesser of the two hyper-editing Scott brothers. It stars Tony's go-to actor, Denzel Washington. But the film is built around and wholly dependent on John Travolta chewing a microphone and chowing down on what little scenery there is underground as the tattooed, foul-mouthed mastermind of a New York subway car hijacking.

Roger Moore

June 12, 2009