COMMON MAN! HIJACK A 6 TRAIN! ARE THEY SERIOUS?

Four heavily-armed villains taking over a No. 6 train, holding the passengers hostage and threatening to kill everyone onboard?

Hey, Hollywood, get a clue, said weary commuters on the subway line at the center of the high-octane thriller "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3," which opened this weekend.

"Good luck hijacking this train during rush hour," said Mark Meyer, 61, who has been riding the notoriously crowded 6 train twice a day for the past 11 years. "I don't know how all these gunmen are going to squeeze into the car," he said. "They would have to empty some people out first."

Heck, the bandits might not even make it onto the platform of the Pelham Bay Park station, said Bronx resident Angella Rojas, 46.

"That token clerk at the booth is mean and angry. He won't even give you change for the machine," she said. "That man could take out all four bad guys with his glare. Seriously!"

In "Pelham 1 2 3," a remake of the 1974 classic, a tattooed John Travolta leads a gang of criminals to hijack a New York City subway train, demanding $10 million or a passenger gets shot every minute.

He is pitted against a savvy dispatcher played by Denzel Washington, whose normal day turns into high drama as he tries to rescue the hostages from the underground maze.

"It's Hollywood, not reality," said train operator Thomas Gilleran, who has been driving the 6 line for seven years. "Four guys could never take over an entire train. No way."

Gilleran said kidnappers would never be able to seize control of the lead car like they do in the movie.

"The lesson we learned in 9/11 is that we never open that cab. Never," he said. "I may not be Denzel Washington, but I can assure riders there is no way I'm letting my train get hijacked."

Not every straphanger was as confident in the prowess of subway personnel.

"They wouldn't stand a chance against a villain like that - especially if that villain was John Travolta," said Albert Santiago, 33, who works in security.

The 6 train's route starts at Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx and ends at the Brooklyn Bridge station in lower Manhattan after making 38 local stops. The title of the action flick refers to the origin and time of the hijacked train that left Pelham Bay at 1:23 p.m.

"This line is actually pretty boring, there isn't a lot of action," Melanie Contreras, 18, said at the Hunts Point station.

So she welcomed the Hollywood-size thrill ride that unfolds on her daily commute - and said she plans to watch it on the big screen. "I think it's cool," Contreras said. "John Travolta and Denzel together on a train is enough for me."