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Kyle Smith (Twitter: @rkylesmith) is a film critic for The New York Post and the author of the novels Love Monkey and A Christmas Caroline. Type a title in the box above to locate a review. Find an alphabetical listing of The New York Post's recent film reviews here.

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    The Re-”Taking of Pelham 1 2 3″

    By Kyle | March 24, 2008

    A remake that might actually be interesting: Tony Scott directing “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3″ with James Gandolfini stepping in for the Ed Koch-before-Ed Koch-like mayor and John Travolta and Denzel Washington matching wits in the deeply improbable yet fiendishly thrilling tale of a terrorist who hijacks….a subway train. Tony Scott’s mad visuals are always a big hyper-caffeinated but “True Romance,” “Enemy of the State” and even “Spy Game” were all sharply realized.

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    One Response to “The Re-”Taking of Pelham 1 2 3″”

    1. Yankeefan Says:
      March 27th, 2008 at 3:27 pm

      The pre-Ed Koch Ed Koch-lookalike in the first flick is eerily clairvoyant. Though I do have a tough time imagining Crazy Eddie K hiding under the sheets and sniveling — that was more of an Abe Beame knockoff, I guess. Koch woulda been more like the fat guy who came bounding down the tracks toward the train only to get smoked by Robert Shaw.

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