100 things I learned about The Taking of Pelham 123

Armed Response Units - be sure to wear trousers with elasticated ankles when working underground, to avoid providing a hairy play-tunnel for rats.

ummm... the first two people to die in this film are white and irish... where are they in your list?

In NYC drivers dont stop when they hear/see police motorcycles and cars with sirens and lights on.

- If you've just gained $300,000,000 investing in gold futures, you should make sure you lug a 75 lb bag of $3,333,333 on your getaway.

- When it's known that your opponent has previously taken a bribe of $35,000, ignore the opportunity to bribe him with millions of dollars that you don't need. Instead, ask to be shot.

- If you're the only black guy in a hostage situation, you're going to have to die. Even if it means volunteering.

- Hijacking a train with 19 people would cause the stock market and dollar value plummet worse than hijacking 4 planes and killing 3,000 people.

- When you have 7 minutes to deliver money to a terrorist, make sure you argue with your wife about milk.

- If you need to deliver cash from Brooklyn to Midtown Manhattan in 30 minutes, you will crash 3 times. But if you need to deliver Denzel from midtown to the lower east side, you can make it in about 2 minutes, unscathed.

- The last stop on the 6 train is Coney Island, Brooklyn. And Shea Stadium is in Brooklyn.

- Some hostage situations still require trains to make all stops and let passengers off for work - because the mayor isn't a douchebag.

- If you've just made a heist, escaped, and are carry millions of dollars, take a stroll around Manhattan instead of taking a cab and getting the hell out of there.

- Hipster exhibitionists usually have a website set up to stream their business.

- John Travolta really hates Italians but the only racial slur he can muster is "greaseball."

- Ass models who go on weekend vacations to Iceland, must do so with Wall Street bankers.

- You shouldn't be concerned with protecting your identity when hijacking a train. Do not wear disguises and make sure you share personal anecdotes when the opportunity presents itself.

If you're a public servant forced deliver a $10m ransom to armed subway hijackers, the police won't suggest you wear a bullet-proof vest.

Runaway subway trains do so in staccato motion.

Even if I've generated a $300m profit on the stockmarket, I'll still lug a suitcase full of $3m cash across the Manhattan bridge.

Denzel Washington eats furniture between films.

Some classic films should never be re-made. Never.

If you promise you'll do a task and deliver on it, don't expect any praise.

John Trovolta knows you're Irish.

You'll receive a one penny commission for brokering a deal between the mayor and a terrorist.

Bribery doesn't count if you were going to recommend the same train anyway.

If you promise your wife you'll bring a gallon of milk home afterward, she'll calmly let you do any dangerous job on earth.

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Adam
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LOL. Yes, one wonders how a narcissistic hijacker searching for information on his own crime could possibly miss a 'direct view' news story.

2) You can receive ten million dollars from the city of New York in exchange for hostages - without actually handing the hostages over. Moreover, no one will question the lack of hostages after the payout.

3) $307 million dollars isn't worth going to jail for. Apparently the justice system is now perfect and no one gets parole.

4) If you committ a crime to make money off the stock market, you will use your own name for the stocks, not a dummy corporation or trust which could keep the police from ever finding that out.

5) If you have a cel phone to talk to your wife before delivering a ransom, you will magically NOT have the cel phone when you emerge onto the street, making you unable to call the police with a license plate number of the cab with the criminal. You will have to steal someone's car at gunpoint to make this call, but you can only tell them the direction he is headed, not what vehicle he is in.

6) A subway worker under suspicion of criminal activity can be given $10 million and a gun, and when he does not check in after delivering the ransom, no one will question this.

7) If you receive $10 million, you only need to check one bag to see if all the cash is there.

That after you are involved in a hostage situation and just shot the guy behind the entire incident, you are let go within 10 minutes so you can buy your wife a gallon of milk.