In this week's edition of Henry Stewart and I's feature Blockbluster we look at Tony Scott's remake of beloved 70s heist movie The Taking of Pelham 123, a very dull reboot with very little action and even then it's of the most arbitrary and forced sort. The original offered a look at a city in the midst of an economic crisis, and though Scott attempts something similar it's painfully clear that we're being addressed by an Angeleno. Denzel Washington and John Travolta are fairly innefectual in the lead roles, though James Gandolfini clocks the best performance as a nameless mayor very obviously ment to connote Mike Bloomberg. Click here to read the whole discussion.
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