Panic Room (Wide Screen)

Advantages: Whiled away a couple of hours on an evening
Disadvantages: Unconvincing characters, farcical

...his safety he installed a panic room. This is a room lined completely with 3 inches of steel and concrete, the basic premise is that you lock yourself in should you hear burglars in the house. Inside is a bank of cameras and a phone to the outside world. OF course its also packed with medical supplies. Why medical supplies and no food or sustenance is beyond me! And as bad luck would have it, on their very first night 3 burglars get into the house ...
...safe breaker and manufacturer of panic rooms, a gentle sort who worries more about hurting people than getting the stash! Jared Leto plays Junior, a suave sophisticated sort who knows exactly what they are looking for but the smart suit isn’t doing any of the work! He knows exactly what they are looking for as he was the nurse looking after the old man during his last days. Believe me, he doesn’t look anything like a nurse! Junior hasn’t been entirely ... Read review

Advantages: Great film boosted by a superb set of extras
Disadvantages: You will need a multi-region dvd player to run it

...Story: Trapped inside an impenetrable panic room, newly divorced Meg Altman and daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat and mouse with three intruders. All Meg wants is her daughters safety. All the intruders want is what has been secretly stashed in the panic room... The Film A simple concept it may be, but David Finchers’ creative talents turn Panic Room into a highly enjoyable pot-boiler. Though never reaching the classic status ...
...impact, but that doesn’t stop Panic Room from being a tense and terrific thriller. Picture and Audio Presented in Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1. The picture is crisp and clear and once you realise exactly what went into to creating the films colour you will appreciate it even more. The piece de resistance is 'The Big Shot'..the camera swoops down three floors from Megs bedroom to witness the attempted break in, all while zooming in and out ... Read review

Advantages: Gripping, well crafted thriller
Disadvantages: The ending..oh, the ending...

...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 prisoner in his own home. This is the idea behind David Fincher’s latest thriller. Meg Altman has recently divorced ...
...interestingly, there is a secret panic room behind the mirror in the main bedroom. Security cameras in every room, all of which can be watched from within the panic room, monitor the house. The room has an impregnable steel door, and an isolated telephone line, so that help can be reached in the event of an emergency. Despite her reservations about the size of the property and the fact that the house is rather creepy, Meg is persuaded to sign the ... Read review

Advantages: Slick, the work of a genius.
Disadvantages: None

David Fincher (the Director of Panic Room) was attacked as a Neo- Nazi by many critics after his last movie Fight Club. He was also slated for Seven which came before that, establishing him as truly controversial. So in light of his past films, Panic Room is a step down from the critic bating Fight Club or the full on gore of Seven and Alien 3. This is his sixth film not his fifth as many people mistakenly believe, and he is currently one of only ...
...Panic Room takes after Finchers last hits and is a true masterpiece of suspense and non-stop thrills, as he proves himself the master at turning a run-of-the-mill idea into an electrifying, spellbinding thriller. Seven is a perfect example of this as the age old plot of an old and young cop after a serial killer is given a new fresh makeover, and this is true of Panic Room where ancient clichés are rejuvenated. Clichés are only bad when they don’t ... Read review

Advantages: Impressive camerawork, good central idea and characters
Disadvantages: That magical something special is missing

Meg Altman (Jodie Foster) is recently divorced from her cheating husband and is looking for a new apartment for her and her daughter, Sarah (newcomer Kristen Stewart). Meg suffers slightly from claustrophobia so when they are shown round a spacious "Townstone" apartment in New York, consisting of several floors, they jump at the chance and move in immediately. The "Panic Room" of the title refers to a secret security room built into the main bedroom, ...
...It is impenetrable, complete with its own surveillance system, phone line and supplies. Unsurprisingly, on their very first night in their new home, the two women have to make use of the facility when a gang of ruthless robbers breaks in. Considering the room is supposed to be safe you might think that that would be the end of the movie, but far from it. The phone line is not connected, cutting them off from the outside world. Then it transpires ... Read review