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Director:
Writers (WGA):
John Godey (novel)
Peter Stone (earlier screenplay)
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Release Date:
1 February 1998 (USA) more
Plot:
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away? full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Even if it had the great Walter Matthau, it would still be crap. more (11 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Edward James Olmos | ... | Det. Anthony Piscotti |
 | Vincent D'Onofrio | ... | Mr. Blue |
 | Donnie Wahlberg | ... | Mr. Grey |
 | Richard Schiff | ... | Mr. Green |
 | Lisa Vidal | ... | Babs Cardoza |
 | Tara Rosling | ... | Mr. Brown |
| Kenneth Welsh | ... | Caz Hollowitz |
 | Lorraine Bracco | ... | Det. Ray |
| Ben Cook | ... | Older boy on subway |
| Bobby Boriello | ... | Younger boy on subway |
| Bobby O'Neill | ... | Homeboy on subway (as Black Katt) |
| Ingrid Veninger | ... | Graduate student on subway |
 | Alisa Wiegers | ... | Office worker ["Shaky"] |
| Peter Boretski | ... | Old man on subway |
| Stuart Clow | ... | Jogger |
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100 min
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Netherlands:16 (video premiere) | Portugal:M/12
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Disused lower platform, Bay subway station, Toronto, Ontario, Canada more
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With respect to the description in the novel of how the controller is rigged for the getaway, this version is more faithful than the original film. more
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Factual errors: Real NYPD motorcycles do not look like those pictured in the film, which are the same design as the ones used by the Toronto Police. more
Movie Connections:
Remake of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) more
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Who are the hijackers?How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
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What a tedious load of drivel this is. It tries for "suspense", instead it achieves "stilted" and "boring". Almost as if the director was saying "OK, guys, freeze for five more seconds" in almost every scene.
Walter Matthau was great in the original. I saw him as a serious actor, in the original of this one and in "Kill Charlie Varrick" long before today's kids saw him as a "Grumpy Old Man" actor. And he really makes the original movie shine. But I suspect that even he, had he been somehow edited into THIS load of rubbish, could not have saved it.