![]() The movie is a remake, of course, of the well-remembered 1974 film starring Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw (and a less well-remembered 1998 TV version), and one struggles to see the need for another go-round. His latest film, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, is evidence, alas, that he has not yet moved on to a fourth phase. The career of director Tony Scott can, I think, be divided into three major phases: first, as a competent purveyor of Hollywood schlock (e.g., Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop II, Days of Thunder) next, as a genre talent whose output ranged from the above-average ( Crimson Tide, Enemy of the State) to the very good ( True Romance) and, most recently, as the technician behind crass, bludgeoning exercises in emotional manipulation and cinematic Tourettism ( Man on Fire, Domino). ![]()
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