Down (2001)

User Rating:

4.4/10   

Director:

Dick Maas

Writer:

Dick Maas (writer)

Release Date:

6 September 2001 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Action | Thriller | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

YOUR NEXT STOP... IS HELL.

Plot:

When the express elevators in the Millennium Building, one of New York's most famous landmarks, start to malfunction and behave in erratic ways...

Plot Keywords:

Elevator | Female Reporter | Blind | Reporter | New York

Cast

James Marshall	...	Mark Newman
Naomi Watts	...	Jennifer Evans
Eric Thal	...	Jeffrey
Michael Ironside	...	Gunter Steinberg
Edward Herrmann	...	Milligan
Dan Hedaya	...	Lt. McBain
Ron Perlman	...	Mitchell
Kathryn Meisle	...	Mildred
Martin McDougall	...	Security Guard Andy
John Cariani	...	Security Guard Gary
David Gwillim	...	Blind Man (Mr Faith)
Peter Banks	...	Maintenance Chief
William Vanderpuye	...	Murphy (as Will Vanderpuye)
Wilke Durand	...	Kowalski's Wife
Todd Boyce	...	ESU Captain

Also Known As:

The Shaft (USA) (video title)

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence, language and some sexuality.

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

USA | Netherlands

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

UK:15 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | Australia:MA | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-15 | Canada:R

Filming Locations:

Almere, Flevoland, Netherlands

Company:

First Floor Features

Trivia:

When Jennifer and Mark find information about Gunter Steinberg on Harvard's website, his birth date reads April 15, 1951. It's also Dick Maas' birth date.

Quotes:

Jennifer Evans: I'll pee on them.

Movie Connections:

References Casablanca (1942)

Soundtrack:

Goodbye My Friend

The management apologizes for the inconvenience......

....after a blind man's and his dog's death.As the person was a vicious man ,we will not shed a tear for him,but poor dog! What saves this movie (at least in its first hour) is its sense of (black) humor.Although it's sometimes a bit over the top (the nursery school scene is sheer bad taste:it would have taken John Waters to treat it successfully),there are plenty of funny scenes if you do not take them seriously:I particularly dig the "Bergman" lines.

Unfortunately,the last thirty minutes take us back to "the invincible super hero who single-handedly fights evil ".But he was a marine,we are told.

Some kind of remake of the director's "de lift" (early eighties)with a more comfortable budget.

It's pretty good entertainment but you'd better choose Dick Maas's "Amsterdamned" instead.