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Panic Room is a film that I just thought was absolutely fantastic because of its pure entertainment and how well it was filmed. Panic Room seems like a horror film when you first see the poster and/or trailer but it isn't a horror film in any way whatsoever. It is an extremely tense suspenseful thrill ride that feels like the original adaptation of Flightplan. They are different stories but are very similar regarding what the suspense was like and how entertaining it was. Panic Room was full of thrilling scenes that would not stop. I just loved the suspense within the film and how thrilled I was by it. To be honest, I have always loved thrillers like this because it is quite a silly story but it is tense and fun. I feel it to be pretty much the same thing with Flightplan apart from Flightplan is better.
Jodie Foster's performance is in my case the first of playing silly yet really thrilling characters. She does this in her most recent films. Other similarities to her character in Panic Room are Flightplan and The Brave One. That is why I love Meg's character. Meg is a recently divorced mother of daughter Sarah who has diabetes and are staying in a four-story townhouse that was previously owned by a disabled, repulsive millionaire. Meg and Sarah end up in an awkward situation obviously when three burglars enter her house but they end up in a room where there isn't really any air to breath through. Kristen Stewart was only 12 years old when Panic Room was released and she didn't earn very much credit like she deserves. I like Kristen Stewart in films now. Her performances in Panic Room, Zathura, Into The Wild and possibly Twilight are her most memorable ones. She is a talented actress for only being at such a young age. I think she's only 18 years old. Forest Whitaker was good as leader of the thugs who broke into the mansion. He was a real bad-ass character but he was a character that did reveal a light side to him as the film carried on and when he was losing his cool with Meg and Sarah. He was quite funny as well. It was quite funny with a very dark Home Alone-like feeling towards that.
Fincher's directing on Panic Room was a lot like Nolan's directing on Insomnia. Fincher has been a director of psychological thrillers and crime thrillers but this one is just a normal entertaining thriller. Fincher has directed a film with brilliant characters and with a very simple story. The script was good but in some scenes it was a little all over the place and in a bit of a muddle but it adapted well in the end. Overall, Panic Room is a very thrilling piece of entertainment that will keep you off the edge of your seat right until the end. This is another awesome Jodie Foster piece of entertainment. This is the only Fincher film that is just for entertainment in my opinion.
I enjoyed Panic Room more than Zodiac and Alien3 but not as much as The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, Fight Club or Seven. I still need to see The Game. Panic Room is a film that I just think is amazing for its entertainment. Reminds me a lot of Flightplan apart from that one is better. Panic Room is a really good film!
8/10
