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(1 - 36) of 36 OFCS Rating: 42% Rotten Page   1   1.5/5 "Packed with enough rap music, nauseating camera jerks, speed shifts and freeze frames to almost, so nearly, convince us something interesting is occurring on screen."   Cut Print Review   Anders Wotzke "Filled with speeded-up camera work, which makes the movie pratically unwatchable for migraine sufferers like me."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker 3/5 "all meaningless movie mechanics, nothing more."   Filmcritic.com   Bill Gibron D "Pelham would've been better served by a handful of Ritalin, or perhaps a director who wouldn't dare sacrifice rollicking suspense to feed his meaningless camera fetishes."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf "Pelham would’ve been better served by a handful of Ritalin, or perhaps a director who wouldn’t dare sacrifice rollicking suspense to feed his meaningless camera fetishes. Stick with the 1974 version."   Dark Horizons   Brian Orndorf "Nothing if not self-aware, this update of Joseph Sargent's 1974 thriller begins by rearranging the class dynamics."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 3/5 "It entertains the way it wants, as shiny, shallow popcorn fun."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius 59/100 "Director Tony Scott has built a career out of crafting films that have been unabashedly geared toward the testosterone set. It's hard not to admire the R-rated gusto with which Scott has infused this film. It's actually refreshing, in this sanitized, hope"   AskMen.com   David Nusair C+ "It's Hollywood at its best in deflecting the audience with gloss so they don't notice the thriller's emptiness."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 1/4 "A complete bastardization of everything that was so taut, substantive and memorable in the classic 1974 original."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman C+ "Not a bad way to pass a couple hours, as long as you don't sit too close to the screen and are inured to a steady barrage of loud dialogue that doesn't bother to be clever."   Film.com   Eric D. Snider 1.5/4 "Is this some statement on what happens to white collar criminals in prison? They come out and interject sodomy jokes when they're trying to be taken seriously? Is this how we should expect Gordon Gekko to be in the Wall Street sequel?"   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress C "A reasonably interesting but curiously routine heist movie that will be appreciated more by new riders than those familiar with the superior 1974 incarnation."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek "A lame, clueless, exhaustingly straight-faced portrait of the contemporary city."   The L Magazine   Henry Stewart 3/4 "It is remarkable how, with all of the advances in technology over the years, a story like this can remain largely unchanged despite a 35 year gap between tellings. By allowing the movie to unfold in real time, Scott enhances the level of suspense."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2.5/4 "Because of Scott's reliably indiscriminant overdirection, the film only works in fits and starts"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 3/5 "The old-school The Taking of Pelham One Two Three takes you by the throat; this new one, well-made as it is, just takes you for granted."   Redbox   James Rocchi "Parental Content Review"   Screen It!   Jim Judy 3/5 "In the moment, it all feels very dangerous and urgent and important, but in retrospect it seems almost silly. What is The Taking of Pelham 123 meant to be? Drama? Spoof? It succeeds and fails at both at the same time."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 2/5 "the main question that you need to ask yourself in determining whether you'll like The Taking of Pelham 123 is whether you believe that John Travolta can be a badass"   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr "[A] rollicking tale that unspools in urgent real time... and is jam-packed with literally breathtaking action."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3/4 "If the trademark Scott gloss serves as a superficial hook, his also-adept manner of building tension and suspense then keeps one interested."   TheMovieReport.com   Michael Dequina 3/4 "It's not the most exciting movie I've ever seen, but it is a solid thriller with good performances and a workman-like construction from Tony Scott."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B- "Travolta may steal the subway car, but it is Washington who steals the movie."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow 1.5/4 "Are Tony Scott's films actually directed by Google Earth?"   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 1/5 "If you are lucky enough to have seen the earlier classic, it is more than likely that you will find this version is something to be sneezed at after all."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 3/5 "Tony Scott indulges in his usual flashy pyrotechnics, which almost cover up the gaping craters in the plot."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 1/5 "To watch the original Pelham and then to watch the new remake is to witness, irrefutably, the decline of mainstream Hollywood filmmaking."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves B- "If it never feels quite as clever as it thinks it is, so what? It's going to look like freaking Antonioni when Transformers lands in a couple of weeks."   Mania.com   Rob Vaux B+ "If I had only one word to describe The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, that word would be - slick."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford "... a focused and refreshingly straightforward thriller that forgoes the usual high tech confusion and contrived high-concept twists so often laid in to surprise audiences."   Seanax.com   Sean Axmaker 3/4 "Stout performances and Helgeland's screenplay keep "Pelham" grounded."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell 8/10 "Updated for 2009, this enthralling subway heist thriller grabs you and never lets go. It's all about greed and money."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 6/10 "Scott has ratcheted back on nearly all of his bad habits."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton 0/4 "the worst kind of dreck"   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 3/5 "Despite implausible contrivances left and right, the film moves quickly and is entertaining."   BlackFilm.com   Wilson Morales  (1 - 36) of 36 OFCS Rating: 42% Rotten Page   1