Last year, I wrote about the worst movie I've ever seen, 2002’s Rollerball, noting how it was a remake of a far better film, the 1975 original starring James Caan. Horrible Hollywood remakes tend to outnumber the rare cases of remakes that are arguably better than the original, so it's never an expectation for modern iterations to stand taller. When it comes to the vast majority of them, though, I'd argue that most remakes are…just alright.
Such is the case for the 2009 remake of The Taking of Pelham 123, which I think is a serviceable enough movie with a cast of talented actors. However, it doesn't come close to the 1974 original with Robert Shaw and Walter Matthau, and here's why.
