Movie Critic Article: The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
“We all owe God a death,” says Ryder. "We each owe God a life,” responds Garber. From the movie Original Article by: Mohsen Khalid The philosophical perspective of this movie arises from the events of a terrorist plot aimed at extorting a large sum of money. One of the two main characters in the movie ceases subway train Pelham 123 in New York and holds the passengers as hostages. It is one of the most important films for both Denzel Washington and John Travolta as it grants them, more than ever before, the opportunity to exhibit their ultimate skills as actors. The film is based, in essence, on the exchange between these two men while the drama in the content only serves to support the philosophical themes conveyed in their dialogue. A dialogue that is really geat,simple and has a sweeping effect that could inevitably lead the unwary of its sedition into the same destructive and declining fate which befell Andrey Yef...