"Subway Robbery": a large piece of skin, ironic

Morgan 2021-11-12 08:01:15

Movies with classic robbery themes mostly follow the route of "a fight between the pros and the cons within a limited time", relying on the suffocating tense rhythm created by the film and the intelligent bridge that is both unexpected and reasonable to attract the audience. For the audience, the theme is mostly to punish the evil and promote the good.

But "Metro Robbery" is an atypical robbery movie. Those tense atmospheres and hot scenes are superficial phenomena, which can be attributed to the necessary elements for its commercial blockbuster route. The names of Tony Scott, Denzel Washington and John Travolta attracted US$100 million in investment; the investment of US$100 million resulted in the film being presented to the audience as a blockbuster. , Because no producer is willing to spend 100 million US dollars on Tony; the posture of a commercial blockbuster must include tense plots and hot scenes, so there are almost those "killing chickens with a sledgehammer" crash scene Support the appearance, otherwise it will not be called a blockbuster; the most terrible thing is that Tony Scott has played a small temper this time, and has to satirize the corrupt New York government in this kind of commercial film, if it is not like Tony Scott BUG-level directors come to make this film, and the producers will never agree with the birth of this "new" type of film.

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  • Janie 2022-03-24 09:01:31

    Not all criminals are such uncles with character...

  • Yvonne 2022-03-24 09:01:31

    It's entirely for the sake of the two male protagonists.

The Taking of Pelham 123 quotes

  • Ryder: Now you understand commodities, don't you? You know, pork bellies, gold, light crude.

    Walter Garber: Listen. No disrespect, but maybe I'm not the guy you should be talking to.

    Ryder: Oh no, you are exactly the guy I wanna talk to. Now I want you to look at the ticker and I want you to tell me what is the going rate for a New York City hostage today. You think a million dollars is too much? I do. I think it's corny. Now get your calculator out. You got one?

    Ryder: [Garber hesitates] Do you have a calculator?

    Walter Garber: Yeah, we got one. I got one.

    Ryder: Okay, good. Now add this up. You got $526,315.79. That's $526,315.79 Now times that by 19. What do you get?

    Walter Garber: [looks at calculator] That's $10 million?

    Ryder: What do you get?

    Walter Garber: That comes out to $10 million plus 1 cent.

    Ryder: Oh that is a deal. Now I want you to call the mayor and tell him the price. And then you tell him I want it in 100,000 $100 dollar bills. You got that?

    Walter Garber: Okay I got that. What about the 1 cent?

    Ryder: Well you keep that 1 cent. It's your broker fee.

  • Ryder: Put Garber on the line!

    Camonetti: To be honest, Mr. Garber has gone home.

    Ryder: Put Garber on the fucking line or I'll kill the motorman!

    Camonetti: I guarantee you, Mr. Ryder, that I am the best person for you to be talking to right now. Just give me a moment and I'll explain why.

    Ryder: [to Jerry] You were always going to be the first one to go.

    [shoots Jerry several times]

    Ryder: Mr. Camonetti, you have 60 fucking seconds before I kill another, okay?