You shouldn't be able to go wrong with Denzel Washington and John Travolta. This movie SHOULD have been at least an 8......so Washington played a character unlike one he has played in a while. For the last decade he has played nothing but the bad ass Mr. Perfect that can either travel through time [Deja Vu], run the mob [American Gangster], or save the kid [Inside Man and Man on Fire]. Now don't get me wrong he is good, but it gets old. So this is the film where he finally broke out of that and just plays a subway employee stuck in a hostage situation, nice to see him trying something different.
John Travolta is the bad guy here, and he is excellent. The rest of the actors in his "gang"... not so much... The people on the subway.... not so much... but what can you expect in such minor roles.
So why the 7? Well the editing and cinematography were awful. Flying through New York they decided to disorient you instead of just quick cut scenes... this of course is my new movie dislike... director must have been channelling Michael Bay with this crap.
The story is good, the acting is good, but the unnecessary crap the director threw in brought this down to just average.
Vote: 7/10
IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1111422/
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