The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974)The original Pelham 123, stars Walter Matthau as Lt. Garber and Robert Shaw (best know as Quint in Jaws) as the head hijacker, simply named Mr. Blue in this movie. The movie is less stylish and a lot funnier than the remake. It has the distinct "70's" style and derives a lot of humor from racial stereotypes, something that I always find amusing in these older movies. Most of the story plays similarly to the remake except for the ending that is way better handled in this movie. Jerry Stiller also co-stars and is hilarious, I don't often remember specific quotes from movies but Jerry Stiller's quote: "Even great men have to pee." just made my day. Most of the characters have that 70's wackiness and are a lot more entertaining than their remake counterparts. Slickly written Pelham 123 is a fun, entertaining movie that benefits a lot from having been made in the 70's.
The InternationalClive Owen was born to be badass, he should at all times have a gun in his hand and be shooting bad guys in slow motion. For example: Sin City, he's awesome. Shoot 'Em Up, Awesome. The Hire, fucking awesome! The International, awesome.... for 10 minutes, during its entire 2 hour running time.
This is the movie that proves my Clive Owen theory as the only good scene in this movie is a great gunfight inside the Guggenheim museum.
This shoot-out scene is an amazing action set piece yet the rest of the movie falls flat and is simply a contrived political thriller with a bland conspiracy theory. Too explain how I felt about this film I will narrate my thought process throughout the film. It pretty much went like this: "So the bank is evil it controls everything... wow and some people are getting assasinated.... why is Clive Owen not kicking ass... maybe he'll sex up Naomie Watts... oh my god why are they talking about stuff... zzzzz. OMG Gunfight!!! Badass... more talking....zzzzz I want a hamburger. The end."
This movie isn't worth watching in its entirety.
So for your convenience (I can't believe I found this on youtube) I give you The Guggenheim scene in HD!!!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VizJShTfUao
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