Really Awful Movies: Ep 452 – The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

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This week on the podcast, a trip back to arguably the greatest decade in cinema, the 70s, for the caper, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three.

A Tokyo transit delegation is visiting the Big Apple, getting a tour of the MTA headquarters, and learning how the city runs its transit.

Against this backdrop, Hijackers commandeer a New York City subway train near Central Park, and threaten to kill a passenger a minute if their demands aren’t met.

Rip-roaring stuff, starring Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw.

This one uses naming character conventions of Mr. Blue, Mr. Green, etc., which Quentin Tarantino paid homage to (err, ripped off) in Reservoir Dogs.

Accept no substitutes, and no crummy remakes with Travolta and Denzel.

The doors are now closing, stand clear of the doors!

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Really Awful Movies: Ep 451 – Shakma

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On this episode of the podcast, the killer monkey movie, Shakma!

We turn our gaze to the 90s, and to this animal / nature run amok flick, which, all things considered, remains a lesser known sub genre entry.

Roddy McDowall plays a research scientist, and he’s working at a facility doing strange experiments. All the while, his colleagues are obsessed with live action role play and some elaborate game on the premises.

Shakma has its moments, though can’t be considered Olympic podium-worthy, when it comes to animal attack movies (that’s reserved for Jaws, Back Country, Alligator, etc).

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