New York City is about to be taken for a ride. It's just an ordinary day for subway dispatcher Walter Garber (Denzel Washington), until a vicious gang of criminals led by the mysterious Ryder (John Travolta) hijacks one of the city's train cars. The ransom: ten million dollars. The deadline: one hour. Now Walter is thrust into a race against time to save the lives of all the innocent hostages on board... and stop Ryder from getting away. From director Tony Scott and screenwriter Brian Helgeland (Man On Fire).