Christ this is bad. Not just regular bad either. Not ‘half-assed–I–knew-this-would-suck-Michael-Bay bad’. This is ‘Luc Besson bad’….
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The Taking Of Pelham One, Two, Three
2 CommentsJuly 16, 2009 – 1:26 pm
It may be lazy criticism, but it’s impossible not to compare Tony Scott’s remake to the 1974 version and unfortunately it’s not a comparison that does this outing any favours. Back then,Walter Matthau and the gang were framed through some steady, drawn out shots with few stylistic additions by ‘King of Television’ Joseph Sargent and what emerged was a wonderfully taut character piece. It kept you riveted and even allowed you to forgive Robert Shaw his bizarre Dalek-voiced turn as head baddie. Here, however, Tony Scott leaps in with a full palette of directorial trickery, crash zooms, juddering edits. Whip-pans abound and it’s to the detriment of an already uneven script.
