In director Tony Scott’s remake of “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3,” which hits theaters this Friday, a New York City Mta dispatcher (Denzel Washington) is thrown into the role of unlikely hero — really, is there any other kind of hero? — when hijackers, led by a man named Ryder (a tatted up John Travolta) take over a subway train with the intent of ransoming off the passengers-turned-hostages. In this all-too-brief clip, we can see the situation just starting to derail — pun definitely intended — as Ryder and his cohorts start rounding up riders on the moving train.

Adam Rosenberg

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