Saturday, November 28, 2009

The Taking of Pelham 123

E:
I like Travolta, I like Denzel. I like New York, I like the subway. The MTA let Tony Scott actually shoot down in the subways. It made for a grittier, more realistic look that's for sure. The moobie had a lot of potential. The set-up was good, the chemistry between the two main characters was palatable. Travolta gave it his all - doing his best to be a badass, but he's too jovial to pull it off completely. Denzel did his best to be an average guy, but he's too cool to pull that off completely too. And the end, after all of Tony Scott's crazy camera work and editing...eh, the end just didn't live up to the story's crescendo of action Tony led us though for an hour and a half.

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