Movie Trailer Friday: The Taking Of Pelham 123

This movie is about a police car crash. See, it’s a really special police car, sort of the mascot of the department. All the officers love it, and they’ll do anything to protect it. And yet they fail. It must have taken a lot of guts to make a movie so tragic and real.

Here are the poor guys who happened to be driving ol’ 123 just before impact.

I know. Horrifying, right? Can you imagine yourself in that situation? And here’s why they’re screaming:

Here’s a scene from the middle of the second act, where one of the cops is still in denial that he’s on a mission of no return. Joseph Campbell would call this moment “refusal of the call.” You can find it referenced in many screenwriting textbooks.

Below is a great scene from about the middle of the movie. Right when you’re caught up with counting how many times the car is going to spin before it lands, you suddenly catch sight of Read the rest of this entry »