Another big action movie that I will definitely be checking out this summer is Sony’s The Taking of Pelham 123. Directed by action movie king Tony Scott (of the Ridley Scott family), it’s a remake of the same 1974 movie that starred Walter Matthau, but in this remake, Denzel Washington is a subway officer who is in a cat-and-mouse hijacking game with “bad guy” John Travolta.
You can expect some of the same type of action like you’ve seen in Top Gun, Enemy of the State, Spy Game, and the latest, Deja Vu, with Denzel playing his typical “down-in-the-dump-disgruntled-officer-who-has-to-fight-bad-guys-and-then-discovers-who-he-really-is” role. I am a sucker for Denzel’s action movies and I guess you could call them one of my guilty pleasures.
Sony has just released the first full-length trailer for the film and I gotta tell you, it doesn’t fail to get me excited:
Thoughts?
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Scotto
Nice…tense…Scotty likey!
I think these guys make for a nice pair on screen. We’ll see how it all comes together as the future unfolds!
But so far, I like what I see.
Makes me want to go ahead and rent the 1974 version so I can preview it!
February 13, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Ryan
Just me or does Travolta look like AJ from the Backstreet Boys?
February 13, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Troy Sims
Who are these ‘Backstreet Boys’ you are referring too?
February 17, 2009 at 3:53 pm
John Y
I dont know… I hope there are some pretty good (unforeseen)twists and turns in there otherwise I think I just saw the whole movie…?
February 14, 2009 at 5:51 pm