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Panic Room (DVD)

 
Description: Genre: Crime & Thriller - Thriller / Theatrical Release: 2002 / Director: David Fincher / Actors: Jodie Foster, Forest ... more
Panic Room (DVD) ... Whitaker, Jared Leto, Kristen Stewart ... / DVD released 28 October, 2002 at 4 Front Video / Features of the DVD: PAL, Widescreen / An effective exercise in "confined cinema", Panic Room is a finely crafted thriller that ultimately transcends the thinness of its premise. David Koepp's screenplay is basically Wait Until Dark on steroids, so director David Fincher (Seven, The Game) compensates with elaborate CGI-assisted camera moves, jazzing up his visuals. A relocated New York divorcée (Jodie Foster) and her diabetic daughter (Kristen Stewart) fight for their lives against a trio of tenacious burglars (Jared Leto, Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam) in their new Manhattan townhouse. They're safe in a customised, impenetrable "panic room", but the burglars want what's in the room's safe, so mother and daughter (and Koepp and Fincher) must find clever ways to turn the tables and persevere. Suspense and intelligence are admirably maintained, with Foster (who replaced the then-injured Nicole Kidman) relying on her Silence of the Lambs resourcefulness. It's not as viscerally satisfying as Fincher's previous thrillers, but Panic Room definitely holds the viewer's attention. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

Newest Review: ... and securely locked so no one can get in. The problem is, the crooks (Forest Whitaker and Jared Leto) will stop at nothing to ... more

 ... get the fortune and make sure there are no witnesses. What this winds up being is an intense and impressive thriller from David Fincher. It's certainly not his best work, but then it's not the best plot he has had to work with. Jodie Foster is exceptional as the panicked mum doing her best to protect her daughter, and Whitaker is incredibly good as the fluctuating character of Burnham, one of the crooks. Twilight fans will recognise Kristen Stewart as the vampire film's lead girl Bella, and here she does a good job...more

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plipplop
Crowned Review Panic Room (DVD): Flight Planned (1487 words)
by - written on 18/12/06 (Very useful, 101 readings)
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There was a time when the rich and the famous would sit safely in their secluded homes, revelling in their wealth and status, as they grew richer and more famous. Nowadays, of course, there is no such thing as safety, and the rich and famous need to go to new lengths to protect their wealth and personal security. The latest weapon in the fight against crime is to have a panic room in your house. A panic room is an impregnable place of refuge, where the occupants of a house are able to hide out in the event that an intruder makes his/her way into the home. If you think about it, if used, a panic room is the ultimate symbol of violation – a man could literally become a ...  Read the complete review

Kjartan
Crowned Review A Movie not a Film? (1022 words)
by - written on 11/05/02 (Very useful, 38 readings)
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In a recent interview David Fincher (director of ‘Panic Room’) made a dubious distinction between ‘movies’ and ‘films’ – the former being film-making by numbers and the latter being ‘art’, man. By his own admission ‘Panic Room’ is a movie. Whilst cunningly trying to deflect criticism of why he has been so lazy he does own up to appeasing the studio by directing a movie that covers all the bases but doesn’t really hit the mark. This is not to say that I didn’t like it however and that my knuckles weren’t white with the skillfully achieved shocks and suspense. The leading actress, Jodie ...  Read the complete review

wampyrii
Crowned Review Panic Room (DVD): Sanctuary Or Sarcophagus? (1508 words)
by - written on 08/05/02 (Very useful, 90 readings)
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In Panic Room we find David Fincher upto his usual directorial tricks of painting a picture of a world we all live in and yet with a darkness and decay about it which is most unfamiliar. This time the setting is upper-middle class suburban Manhattan, but not the Manhattan you may have experienced, or seen before but a creation of Fincher's own which is claustrophobic, dark and rotten...business as usual for Fincher fans, but this time without the usual bite. Panic Room sets Jodie Foster's Meg and her daughter Sarah(Kristen Stewart) in the aftermath of a messy divorce, Meg now looking for a new home and a fresh start. We are walked around a dark, dusty, ...  Read the complete review

utero
Crowned Review A Room With No View (969 words)
by - written on 06/05/02 (Very useful, 67 readings)
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"Mr Mainwaring there's germans on the horizon!" "Right Corporal Jones, get the men into the room!" "Right you are sir, don't panic, don't panic!" Thankfully Panic Room isn't a room where the soldiers of Dad's Army hide while in danger. It's a small room in a large Manhattan brownstone house. It's wall's have thick steel, there are motion detectors and a video wall that keeps an eye on every room in the house. The room is also stocked with supplies and is completely safe. There is only one way in and only one way out. This premise provides the basis for the new from ...  Read the complete review

pmcds
Premium Review Panic Room (DVD): Get in the panic room! (584 words)
by - written on 10/12/09 (Very useful, 30 readings)
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I was very surprised at how well this film worked. It takes what is a relatively simple and restricted idea, and creates a convincing thriller out of it, using some clever cinematography and an impressive score. It features single mum Meg (Jodie Foster) and her daughter Sarah (Kristen Stewart) as they find their old house under attack from crooks who are trying to find a fortune that is rumoured to be hidden somewhere inside by a previous owner. Money takes the centre stage as the root of all evil here as the perps will not hesitate to get the money no matter what, and Meg and Sarah end up locking themselves in the Panic Room, set up so that the ...  Read the complete review

 
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