Tony Scott and Denzel Washington love each other and they love each other so much they want to remake the '70s classic THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1, 2, 3.
This is one of my favorite films, so of course I don't like this idea, but I can say I really dug MAN ON FIRE.
If you haven't seen it, the film is about a team of criminals that hijack a NYC subway train and hold its passengers hostage. Robert Shaw played the head bad guy.
Denzel Washington is rumored to be taking the Walter Matthau role. I liked that Matthau was a kind of goofy guy, a smart-ass to be sure, but not a tough guy. The Entertainment Weekly article doesn't have much other information, but I'm wondering who is in the running for the Robert Shaw role. Is there anybody alive that can be as badass... as cool, calm and intelligent as he was?
Source: AintItCoolNews
How It Fared:
Budget: $100M
Box Office: $59M
The Audience Speaks:
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 50/100
Metacritic Rating: 55/100
Overall: C-
Thursday, January 29, 2009
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