The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

We are going to kill one passenger a minute until New York City pays us 1 million dollars.

In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers while the authorities question about the method of their escape.

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Classical in form, plot-driven, resolved and relentless.

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