The taking of Pelham 123 is a movie about this guy named Walter Garber who works at the Mid-Town Control Centre for Train Control. A group of Terrorist Hi-Jack a train called Pelham 123. The leader of the group is named Ryder, he and his team take over one of the trains cars and hold the passengers hostage. Ryder speaks to Walter on the radio and asks him to get him and his friends $10 million in cash. So the race is on to get Ryder the money or the people in the train car will die.