panic room
in David Finchers Panic Room, mother and daughter Meg and Sarah Altman, played by Jodie Foster and Kristen Stewart, find themselves locked in the claustrophobic safe panic room of their lavish New York apartment with no means of escape or outside communication after a trio of robbers (Jared Leto, Forest Whitaker, and Dwight Yoakam) enter in search of a pretty hefty fortune. Its a nifty setup that could have really gone place seven without really doing so but the usually bold and innovative Fincher becomes so caught up in his signature nifty camera work that he forgets to bring any vitality to the proceedings, making his Panic Room the ultimate case of a films central set-piece being wholly representative of the film.
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