With: Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam, Hector Elizondo
Plot: Armed men take a NY subway train hostage. Gruff Transit police chief Matthau must negotiate with lead criminal Shaw.
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People love this, don't they? I didn't think it was that great aside from a superb score and one or two clever ideas. It's certainly an efficient thriller but the criminals and tediously concieved, with Shaw in particular playing an eccentric psycho with clipped speech that wouldn't seem out of place in a straight to video Seagal film. Matthau, also, performs as a generic, weary and tough-but-nice New York macho man. It has enough twists and turns to keep you interested, and the ending is enjoyably low key (if silly and implausible). One of those films that is enjoyable to watch, but in the memory is simply irritating.
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