In this film, Meg Altman will be trapped in a panic room in Brownstone, New York. Meg is the newly divorced woman and her daughter Sarah who plays a deadly cat and mouse game with three hackers. The duo tries to do that job as they search for a missing fortune.
Fincher mounts some clever, tense sequences in which the trio devises increasingly threatening strategies to force Meg and Sarah out of the panic room, only to be matched with improvised ingenuity from behind the vault door.
Cinema Crazed
April 29, 2009
There are so little things you can do with this story and a lot of it is pretty contrived.
How did Fincher - a director who is very good at supplying thrills to thrillers, whatever his other strengths or limitations might be - end up shepherding such a leaden film?
Foster nails the role, giving a tight, focused performance illuminated by shards of feeling.
Suite101.com
September 17, 2010
Valuing logic over brutality, David Fincher's claustrophobic ride also touted the real-world practicality of keeping quiet over the cinematic kicks of a loud thriller. It's like "Wait Until Dark" with helplessness that's emotional, not just physical.
There's just no denying Fincher's gifts. Give the guy a camera or two or three, millions upon millions of dollars and state-of-the-art technologies, and there's no stopping him.
