The Taking of Pelham 123, 2009 (Grade D+)

Director: Tony Scott
Awards? None that I know of
Starring: Denzel Washington, John Travolta, Luis Guzmán, Victor Gojcaj, Michael Rispoli, John Turturro, James Gandolfini, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Jason Butler Harner, Brian Haley, Chance Kelly

sez says--this has a great cast and everyone does a good job but Denzel saves he day-not just in the story but for the whole movie. It is a flash-dash-jump-run-blur of activity. Only Denzel holds to a calm center and thank goodness for that or you would be exhausted watching this--sirens blasting --cars crashing-- bang bang- crunch blood and gore and even rats. The bad guys do get caught: that is not a surprise. And even with all the energy expended it is not really very exciting. And you can;t blame the actors here -- "the bad" has got to be laid at the feet of the director (Grade D+)