| When the lever is up, exposing a red dot, the safety is off | |
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| 380 he is told that the safety is on when the lever is up and off when it is down |
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| Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime | When down it is in the SAFE position |
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| Will hostages, kidnappers, and negotiators live through this? This is the opposite of the safety's actual operation | Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the |
To be fair, I was thrilled at some points in the film I won't give anything away but since I saw the original many years ago, I can say that this is a good summer heist flick that while not as gripping as the original Taking of Pelham 123, more than makes up for it in the entertainment value which I cannot say for most remakes although some have come close but with two strong leads, I would like to see both Washington and Travolta in future films that are not remakes but entirely fresh roles altogether.
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