Trailer for The Taking of Pelham 123

Columbia Pictures has launched the official Web site for the film The Taking of Pelham 123, for which the first trailer is posted.

In the film, directed by Tony Scott (Deja Vu, Spy Game), John Travolta plays the head of a band of four armed men who take passengers on the New York metro hostage. He threatens to kill them all if he doesn’t get his big ransom within the hour.

Denzel Washington is in charge of metro security, and will use his knowledge of the premises and the underworld to sabotage the criminals’ plans. The Taking of Pelham 123 is headed for theatres on June 12.