The Taking of Pelham 123

So.

And so I'm sitting there,

Sydney is in there right?

and he tells me to get my f***ing, crunchy

fuckmeister the f*** outta there..

Believe that sh*t?

- You know what I said, right?

- No. What did you say?

Sh*t!

- All right, man!

- That was good, man! Very good!

Control Center, this is

train 12-15.

Bridge street station being

delayed by a red signal light.

Should be green, 12-15.

Tell me something I don't already know.

Alright, roll forward slow. Extreme

caution, follow the rule book.

Yeah! we're at the rail, 900ft

from the east end of the platform.

The goddamn cold, metal

contracts. You know that...

I got it, I got it. How long

will it take to fix it?

Gonna put the blade

on it, two hours.

Thank you. Make it an hour

and a half. I'll buy you a beer.

Sh*t, GB! I hate to see you

down here on the floor, man.

It's temporary baby. I'll be up there

behind the glass before you know it.

Okay I'm gonna need the R train

to switch over at the express tracks at 34.

Which express tracks?

The one that Q uses once

they exit 57 street station

and switch over to the F line,

boom straight shot into Queens.

Once you get to Queens, they

switch back at 36 street to the R line.

All he's got to do is suspend to W

him and I will pick up the slack. Alright?

Excuse me, I can't

see where I gotta look.

Unlock the door. Do it

or I'll f***ing kill you!

Alright! Alright!

Shut up and walk!

First close the window!

See. I told you, you could do this.

Big f***ing deal. You did

what you'd say you'd do!

- Ahh!

- Yeah!

Nice!

- Come on, it's really nice. I still got you.

- You still got me.

- Ok!

- You still got me!

Oh, my god.!

Gata... Gata...

Give me the cutting key.

The cutting key.

Control Center by calling

Pelham 1-23. come in, Pelham 1-2-3.

Why did you stop?

Your all green ahead.

Control center calling, Pelham 1-23.

Control center calling

Pelham 1-23. Why did you stop?

You got green ahead..

It's okay.

Life is simple now.

They just have to do what I say.

Not now, okay!

Where are you from?

- Brooklyn.

- Irish?

- Yeah.

- I thought so.

Who's driving, Pelham 1-2-3?

Maybe something fell on the tracks.

What is it? Are we going back?

train rolling southbound wrong

line of lexington avenue.

Just north of you?

Listen up. We need to

stop and stay in station all,

southbound locals just

north of 51st street station.

The operator on 123 is, Jerry Pollard.

Jerry Pollard... I know, Jerry Pollard, I

went to motorman school with, Jerry Pollard.

Pelham 1-2-3...

come into me, Pelham 1-2-3.

Pelham 1-2-3! Jerry Pollard!

What's going on down there?

this is control center...

What's going on, 1-23?

Lets get an express train to go up, pull

along side 'em, see what we see in the cab

Yeah this is, south ferry 1-05.

I can't get my

windshield wiper to turn on.

South Ferry 1-05, there's a circuit

breaker right behind you for that.

What's going on? Maestro,

what's is going on?

- Cop...

- Oh f***!

When I say "stop", stop it hard.

- Transit police!

- Stop!

Everybody get the f*** down.

Get the f*** down!

Jesus! we're getting reports of

gunshots down in the tunnel.

Sergeant Rian. Delgado let's

call off that express.

Got it!

Stay down!

Cops, every f***ing time.

Everybody up

facing the window!

Stand up! Stand up!

Move it.

What the f*** is going on?

It was a cop. Bashkim shot him.

I think... I think he's dead.

Put, Bashkim on and

find some f***ing guts!

- Do it!

- God.

- What happened?

- A cop. He's dead.

Put the conductor on.

- What's your name, conductor?

- Regina.

Regina baby, listen. You

got a job to do, honey.

A job?

Yeah, god put you on this earth

for one thing and one thing only.

Your going to get those people off the

train and up to the platform station.

You got that? Let me hear it.

Let me here you do that.

Listen up everybody! We're

gonna go back to the platform.

I need everybody to...

Regina! Let's do it again.

Conduct those people!

Listen up everybody! Now we're

gonna head back towards the platform.

I want everybody to slowly get up,

I'm gonna get you off this train.

Good!

Now we're gonna be on the tracks,

so if you don't need it! Leave it.

Every cop in the city's on the way.

Maybe it wasn't even gun shots. I mean

the train could have broken it's breakers right.

No, this is on purpose.

Come on you!

- Yeah I'm coming!

- Shut the f*** up and come on!

- Ramos, turn the power off a lane down.

- What?

- Turn the power off a lane down.

- Okay, I got it.

What a f***ing lucky day.

Oh sh*t!

What the f*** is wrong with you, man!

Pelham 1-2-3, to rail control centre

do you read me?

Yes, I read you, Pelham 1-2-3.

This is control center.

Who is this?

It's me, man! I didn't wanna

call until everything was ready.

I understand, I understand,

Pelham 1-2-3. Who the hell is this?

This is the man, who's

gonna rock this city.

This is the man who's gonna

give this city a run for it's money.

Now look up. Look up at your screen

and you tell me what you see.

- You see what I done?

- I see it.

One car is much more manageable

than 10, with the man power I got.

Mr motorman's gonna tell you all

about it, tell 'em what we got here.

They... they got hostages, lot's of 'em

and... and they got machine guns?

- It's Jerry?

- Yeah.

Yeah, that's right. You check

that you understand that.

I checked. I understand.

Didn't I tell you to knock first?

Good, because this is what is called

a cash trans-action.

Now you understand

commodities? Don't you.

You know, pork bellies, gold, crude?

Listen... listen no disrespect

but... maybe... Maybe

I'm not the guy you

should be talking to.

Oh no, you are exactly the guy

I wanna talk to. Now I want

you to look at the ticker and

you tell me what is the going rate

for a new york hostage today?

Do you think million

dollars is too much? I do?

I think it's corny. Get your

calculator out, you got one.

- You don't have a calculator?

- Yeah, we got one. I got one.

Okay, good. Add this up, you got

This is 526,315.79.

Now times that by 19.

- What you got?

- Who is he? A goddamn accountant?

That's 10 million.

- What you got?

- That comes up to 10 million, plus 1 cent.

That is a deal! Now you call the

mayor and tell him the price.

And you tell him I want 100

thousand and $100 bills, you got that.

I got it. What about the 1 cent?

Well you keep that 1 cent,

that's your brokers fee.

now I want the rest, in plain suitcases the kind with

the wheels and the deportable handle. Okay.

Now this is not a futures

contract this is a spotre,

that means there's a time limit

on it. Okay you got that?

What do you think is a fair, time limit?

You know, I don't know,

I mean, I'm really just a guy

Come on give me a time limit.

Give me a fair time limit.

Thursday.

I was thinking more like an hour,

now what does your watch say?

Oh that's exactly what

my watch says! So at 3:13

I want that money here, mother f***er.

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