The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)

6.4/10 • 106 min • Crime Thriller Action

Overview

Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.

Cast

Denzel Washington

Walter Garber

John Travolta

Ryder

John Turturro

Lt. Camonetti

Luis Guzmán

Phil Ramos

James Gandolfini

Mayor

Michael Rispoli

John Johnson

Gary Basaraba

Jerry Pollard, motorman

Alex Kaluzhsky

George, teen hostage

Alice Kremelberg

George's Girlfriend

Katherine Sigismund

Mother-hostage

Jake Siciliano

Boy hostage

Gbenga Akinnagbe

Wallace, hostage

Jason Butler Harner

Hostage who can't urinate

Victor Gojcaj

Bashkim, hijacker

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Therese Garber

John Benjamin Hickey

Deputy Mayor LaSalle

Ramón Rodríguez

Delgado, MTA worker

Tonye Patano

Regina, conductor

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