It's a normal day in New York City, that is until the Pelham 1:23 train is hijacked by a group of criminals helmed by Ryder (John Travolta). The situation is discovered by transit worker Walter Garber (Denzel Washington). He learns that Ryder is holding the passengers on the train ransom for ten million dollars to be delivered within the hour, if not, people will begin to die.
This is your average ransom thriller. It has been done a million times before and often, quite a bit better than this. The story (based on a book) is quite predictable and the characters are all quite stereotypical, the deranged, psycopathic criminal, the calm, mild-mannered hero and slimeball police and goverment types. That having been said the performances are very good, especially from Travolta who I think plays an excellent bad guy.
There are no major plot twists and the film is very straight-forward and jumps into the plot quicly. It's definitely a bit of a no-brainer, but entertaining enough to hold the audiences attention.
Rating: 2.5/5
Max
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