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Director Tony Scott crisply pieces together the hostage drama. John Travolta and Denzel Washington star

Tony Scott is a director who makes the trains run on time. Not just the specific subway cars of his efficient thriller "The Taking of Pelham 123," but the metaphorical trains of action movie pyrotechnics in general. Though he's worked somewhat in the shadow of his more thematically adventurous brother Ridley, Scott has earned his Hollywood reputation as a shooter, someone who knows how to make things move like lightning on screen. Collaborating here with stars Denzel Washington and John Travolta, Scott puts those talents to use in this crisp, effective New York subway hostage drama. [...]

di Kenneth Turan, articolo completo (4452 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 12 giugno 2009