The Taking of Pelham 123

It's kind of apt that a film with 123 in its title is such by the numbers fare - Denzel Washington appears to be phoning it in teaming up with director Tony Scott once again, who feels like the wrong choice behind the camera, whose visual style of his recent work sits uneasy with mood needed for a tense hostage thriller and seemingly unable to resist blowing up a load of police cars half way through for no real reason.

The film might've been more successful with someone stronger to go up against Denzel, but John Travolta's performance instead just makes you wish they'd managed to get hold of Nicolas Cage to deliver one of his more mental performances as the train-jacker.