` ` The Taking of Pelham 123 '' is re - release of the film . Denzel Washington stars as a transit official along with actor John Goodman . ` The Taking of Pelham 123 '' is a riveting movie about a subway dispatcher confronted by a former Wall Street trader seeking revenge -- not just a ransom , as in the 1974 film -- from the city of New York for sending him to prison . Washington : I wanted to make the character distinct from negotiator in ` ` Inside . ''
` ` The Taking of Pelham 123 '' is re - release of the film . Denzel Washington stars as a transit official along with actor John Goodman . Washington : I wanted to make the character distinct from negotiator in ` ` Inside . ''