One of the hijackers says he will shoot off a passenger's "peepee" if he doesn't sit down.

A small amount of cleavage is shown by one of the characters.

Brief mention of molestation as a crime that occurs at the station.

One of the passengers on Pelham is a prostitute who the attackers mock for her occupation.

A man standing on the back of a stationary subway car shoots another man approaching him.

A shootout erupts in a subway tunnel between several men in a subway car, and several men in the tunnel. One man in the car is hit, but survives.

A shootout between two men occurs in a subway tunnel, and one is hit, but survives.

A police car speeds through a crowded street, causing a cyclist and a man on a motorcycle to crash, and the car flips over and crashes.

A man hits another man in the face with a gun. Some blood is seen on the victim's face.

A few individuals are shot and one is electrocuted.

A man walks down a subway tunnel and is shot by another man.

8 uses of "fuck", 18 uses of "shit", 3 uses of "damn", 28 uses of "goddamn", 30 uses of "hell", 6 uses of "son of a bitch", 10 uses of "ass", 3 uses of "bastard", 1 use of "bitch", 1 use of "N*gger", 3 uses of "Jesus Christ", 1 use of "For Jesus Christ's sake", 6 uses of "For Christ sake", 4 uses of "Christ", 5 uses of "Jesus", 1 use of "Jesus H. Christ", 1 use of "Holy Christ".

Some characters are seen smoking.

Constant theme of threat and menace throughout.