New ‘Pelham’ Poster Reminds Us They Remade ‘Pelham’

Posted by Dr. Cole Abaius (cole.abaius@filmschoolrejects.com) on February 10, 2009

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Yes, I know that it’s Tony Scott and Denzel Washington. Yes, I realize I shouldn’t be that concerned that they’re remaking a very cool 1970s cult heist flick. However, I am concerned by the presence of John Travolta as a maniacal thief willing to kill passengers on a train until he gets his money. I have to believe that his role may quickly become Face/Off 2: Faces on a Train.

This is our concern, dude.

Now, our friends over at JoBlo have gotten their dirty Canadian hands on a poster for the movie:

The Taking of Pelham 123 Poster

It’s pretty solid (and it gets bigger if you click it). It’s a good composite image, and it’s thankfully much more dynamic than most of the posters we’ve seen in the past year. Also good to see, if the poster is any indication, that the train itself is a character within the film. Part of the brilliance of the first movie is that the city of New York plays a major role.

Can Travolta really be as good as Robert Shaw? Probably not. I’ll grant that his mustache looks just as ridiculous, but there’s no way Travolta has the guts to wear a fedora while holding a train load of human beings ransom. No way.

What do you think? Should this have even been made? But it’s Denzel! Also, isn’t it awesome how JoBlo got the producers to include a JoBlo logo on the poster? I’m not sure how movie-goers will respond, but they must have pulled some major strings to be included on it.


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  • The One Two
    Travolta cannot pull off the bad guy. He was a joke in Swordfish and The Punisher. Are we supposed to pretend that Vinnie Barbarino can kick someone's ass?
  • Pulp Fiction, you may want to watch it
  • Come on. Appreciating the deliciousness of an above-averagely priced milkshake is leagues away from killing a passenger every minute.
  • still another goddamned remake. Fuck!!!
  • but it's Tony Scott the man knows how to make quality action films...I hoping this is good so I have more faith in his Warriors remake as well...
  • I may check this one out.

    Remakes are the name of the game now cause all the big studios are running out of ideas or at least ideas that will guarantee them some profit; it' is indeed a sad world we live in.
  • well Travolta was still cool in the movie and was the bad guy...I'm not comparing him to the original Mr. Blue I'm just pointing out he's played a decent bad guy in the past...he seemed really calm when he shot Phil Lamar's head off in the car...that seemed more scary than threatening a bunch of strangers

    this also might be out of left field but his knife speech in Face Off was pretty hardcore...
  • Without Samuel L Jackson backing him up Travolta's character in that movie was simply a greasy haired wanna be. He left his Mac 10 sitting on the counter when he went to the restroom, he deserved to die.
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