Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
Denzel Washington
as Walter Garber
John Travolta
as Ryder
John Turturro
as Lt. Camonetti
Luis Guzmán
as Phil Ramos
James Gandolfini
as Mayor
Michael Rispoli
as John Johnson
Gary Basaraba
as Jerry Pollard, motorman
Alex Kaluzhsky
as George, teen hostage
Alice Kremelberg
as George's Girlfriend
Katherine Sigismund
as Mother-hostage
Jake Siciliano
as Boy hostage
Gbenga Akinnagbe
as Wallace, hostage
