2002 Directed by David Fincher
Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.
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casting jodie foster and kristen stewart, two modern sapphic icons as mother and daughter is just one of the many reasons why david fincher is considered a visionary
jared leto with cornrows is the ugliest thing I've ever seen in my entire life and I've seen him in the suicide squad trailer
“nice house you guys got”
as mainstream a thriller as you would find in 2002, but just as stylish as anything fincher had made up until then. i personally think this is overlooked for how effectively it works within the walls of a single location, and the “cutting edge” and slightly goofy cgi just make it more fun. oh, and casting jodie and kristen as mother and daughter makes this an lgbt film, i don’t make the rules
my grandmother: that poor little boy
me: that´s kristen stewart
my grandmother: who the hell names their son kristen stewart??
tag yourself: I'm Kristen Stewart naming all the albums by The Beatles as a way to calm down
the movie got way more enjoyable after a certain character was no longer a part of it
declaring this crazy ass white boy cinema for all the pure spatial craft on display (never seen someone mine so much visual suspense out of doorways, phone lines, flashlights, security cameras, air filtration, etc, as fincher does here) and the part where cornrow jared leto out of nowhere whips out and starts lighting up a crackpipe at the first sign of his plan going to shit.
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Panic Room is a thrilling, laser-focused suspense piece, for sure, but it's just as much a chance for David Fincher to stretch the fundamentals of his style, and push for a higher proficiency of technical achievement. He's showing off throughout, but it doesn't necessarily come off as such. Even in the last third, which is arguably the weakest segment of the movie, Fincher is still uncovering new perspectives and angles of the household space, all of which are uniquely tailored to the necessities of the narrative. David Koepp's script goes hand in hand with Fincher's MO - elegant, tense, and sleek, with minimal exposition. Maybe there's not much under the hood, but what does it matter if it runs well?
