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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) First Time Watching! Full Movie Reaction!!

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thomas king

Always love watching this movie. I am a Bronx kid who road the 6 train many times. Robert Shaw played Mr Blue the leader of the hijackers also played Doyle Lonnegan in the Sting and Quint in Jaws.

Paul Cox

I don't have first hand knowledge of NYC in the seventies, but from watching numerous music documentaries about early hip hop and punk rock, it does ring true that the city was extremely broke and incompetently managed. NYC of the present is unfathomably different than it was then.

Keith Brown

Most have caught on Robert Shaw and Hector Elizondo as two of the Hijackers , I can't believe no one yet named Martin Balsam (sneezer) from 12 Angry Men and Psycho . The tricky one is actor Earl Hindman, many will remember him as Tim Allen's next door neighbor in Home Improvement. But than again you only saw part of his face behind the fence that separated their backyards.

Marcus Cato

I've always loved the way this film drops you right in the middle of the action. And of course the nonstop New York attitude. Great reaction. 👍

Keith Brown

NYC of the 70's this movie and Taxi Driver capture the look and feel of that city . They cleaned it up in the 90's but the last 20 years it's fallen back to looking and feeling like the hopeless 60's and 70's.

TBR Schmitt

Oh yes, Taxi Driver! It’s been so long since we’ve seen that one! -Sam

TBR Schmitt

Oh that’s who he was in The Sting! Daniel recognized right away for Jaws but we were surprised to see The Sting in his filmography! -Sam

Roy Wright

Nice reaction. Haven’t seen this in a bit. Forgot how good Robert Shaw is. Always see him as Quint in Jaws and is cool when I watch something else he is in.

Keith Brown

Need to see the 40's film noir/murder mystery The Naked City(1948) to see a hot summer NYC , it was one of the first movies not shot on a Hollywood back lot but on the real streets of NYC.

Brad P

The color-coded codenames were Quentin Tarantino's inspiration to do the same thing with his criminals in Reservoir Dogs. I was thinking of suggesting San Francisco for a city poll but you've actually seen a lot of the classics that were filmed in the city. There's still a few big ones though like Foul Play (with Goldie Hawn and Chevy Chase) and especially Bullitt which is probably the ultimate San Francisco movie.

Florian Meier

Great reaction Guys !!! The Remake with John Travolta and Denzel Washington is also a good one !!! This poll was great !!! Wall Street with Michael Douglas is a must watch!!!

Brian McGovern

I remember seeing Earl, pre Home Improvement days as one of the bad guys from Three Men and a Baby.

Brian McGovern

I love the theme from this movie. It was used by a couple of radio announcers who worked drive time shift i think. They used it as a theme for a politician when they did some skits involving this politician. He was a heavy set politician so I always imagine this politician making an entrance to the theme.

Vincent Hollow

So when i put this on yesterday, I actually got this movie confused with Assault on Precinct 13 (1976), but when i didn't see John Carpenter's name as director, I got thrown for a loop. Still thought it was the same movie, just had the director wrong, until I realized 13 does not take place on a subway, and I dont even know of its based in NY. Needless to say, going into this thinking it was a completely different movie certainly made for a unique watch experience 😅

Tyler Foster

Not just 12 Angry Men and Psycho as far as the channel goes, but he was also one of the two mid-level editors (along with his 12 Angry Men co-star Jack Warden) in the Washington Post newsroom in All the President's Men.

Tyler Foster

In a movie like this, along with the fact that it's from the 1970s and it was a different time, I give more leeway to the idea that the characters are awful as long as you see them and go "that's a type of person I recognize." Of course, it would be better if they were not racist or sexist, but here I also just like that even if people are awful they are almost all memorable in some way, they have a distinct personality that you can recognize from the real world. To me, that's kind of the joy here, that everyone is specific and has a vibe, from Garber down to the second guy in the police car trying to get the money across town in time. The movie lets them all be whoever they're going to be, likable or not likable, and so it creates a sort of real-world tapestry of personality types. Related: I think in the minds of the filmmakers, you're supposed to view Corell (the guy trying to coordinate the trains) complaining about a woman police officer and Garber thinking she can't do it completely differently, even though Garber calls her a dame. Corell says women shouldn't be police officers; I would argue that Garber is just worried (with the caveat that he is suggesting women are inherently more fragile than men) that she's outnumbered *and* they all have machine guns. Personally, I also love the "wah-wah!" ending (and it's pronounced "math-ow" rather than "math-ew"). An iconic final shot! (Just going to reiterate as well: the remake is *awful* IMO. Do not recommend at all.)

Donna Castellano

I love this movie. I love the remake with John Travolta and Denzel Washington. They alter/update the plot enough it's definitely worth checking out, either for the channel or on your own. Avoid the TV movie tho. Despite Vincent D'Onofrio being in it, it's awwwwfuuulllll. 🤣 Edit: after listening to the outro discussion, the remake might be fun for you on the level of the updated technology aspect. They do find clever ways to work around that as well. Both are just such cool tellings of the same story tho.

John Fitzpatrick

What happened with this one? I don't see it on YouTube.