Panic Room (2002)

Posted : 7 months, 2 weeks ago at Nov 19 12:02

''This is what I do; if some idiot with a sledgehammer could break in do you really think I'd still have a job?'' A woman and her teenage daughter become imprisoned in the panic room of their own house by 3 criminals. Jodie Foster: Meg Altman Kristen Stewart: Sarah Altman Forest Whitaker: Burnham David Fincher has made a number of films i'm a huge fan of. Ranging from Zodiac to Seven. Panic Room again Fincher delivers again, a tense fired-up fast paced thriller. He has a talent for using every trick in the book in a way that perfectly merges with the material. He also always makes the most out of every script, which means the comparative quality of the movie relies strongly on the quality of the script Fincher has to work from. Alien 3 was a false start for Finche...Read more

Rating : 8/10

Posted : 1 year, 1 month ago at May 30 8:55

"I spent the last 12 years of my life building rooms like this specifically to keep out people like us" Considering David Fincher's stellar reputation with thrillers, I expected significantly more from Panic Room: a film that turned out to be preposterous, derisorily corny thriller yarn that represents the low point of Fincher's career. (The film is even worse than Alien 3 - now that is saying something!) Fincher is a talented director who brings intense thrills and remarkable camera angles; however the script is inexpressibly appalling. Recently divorced woman Meg Altman (Foster) is now a single mother living with daughter Sarah (Stewart). Searching for a new home, they decide to purchase an expansive old-fashioned house in New York. To the naked eye it seems like a straightforward...Read more

Rating : 4/10