Panic
Room 45
I'm pretty sure this movie was out to put me on edge. Unsettle
me. Scare me. Something.
Instead,
it had me asking who kidnapped David Fincher. This film hardly
seems like one of his. Where's the perversity of "Fight Club"?
The suspense of "The Game"? This one's a substandard
Hollywood thriller, seemingly without the thrills. And sadly,
it's one of those pictures that telegraphs its intentions too
early, too often. No, Jodie Foster and her daughter a diabetic!
won't die. The bad guys will. It's just a question of how
long it takes to get there.
More
annoying still is how show-offy it is. Lots of in-camera and editing
room tricks that, frankly, aren't that exciting even if you don't
know how they're done.