Year:
2002
Studio:
Columbia Pictures
Movie:
3/5
DVD:
0/5
Panic Room is a
thriller starring Jodie Foster and Kristen Stewart as a mother and
daughter who are trapped in their home by three burglars played by
Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam and Jared Leto. As can be guessed from
the title of the film, the story revolves around the two women being
stuck in a panic room while the three men try to get in.
A panic room is a (usually) hidden room in a house specially built as a
place to hide and be safe during a home invasion. The panic room in
this film has three inches of steel all around. There are surveillance
cameras everywhere. It has its own phone line -- which was not hooked
up since the women just moved in. It has supplies and everything you
need to withstand a long siege.
Meanwhile the three men want to get into the room and into the safe in
that room. As a complication -- since you can only do so much with that
static scenario -- the daughter needs an insulin shot and the drugs are
outside the room so mom will eventually have to leave the room.
For the most part I think this is an ok movie. It has predictable parts
but a novel idea to bounce off of. I did think there were some parts
that were too Hollywood. At one point they shine a flashlight to get
the attention of someone across a courtyard in dark and stormy night.
That light was way too bright. There were a couple of other jarring
moments for me but not really a big thing.
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There are no extras on the
DVD other than a theatrical trailer and anemic filmographies. Overall
there's not much to recommend for the movie other than seeing Jodie
Foster half-dressed and barefoot throughout.
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