Complete credited cast: | |||
Jodie Foster | ... | Meg Altman | |
Kristen Stewart | ... | Sarah Altman | |
Forest Whitaker | ... | Burnham | |
Dwight Yoakam | ... | Raoul | |
Jared Leto | ... | Junior | |
Patrick Bauchau | ... | Stephen Altman | |
Ann Magnuson | ... | Lydia Lynch | |
Ian Buchanan | ... | Evan Kurlander | |
Andrew Kevin Walker | ... | Sleepy Neighbor | |
Paul Schulze | ... | Officer Keeney | |
Mel Rodriguez | ... | Officer Morales | |
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Richard Conant | ... | SWAT Cop |
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Paul Simon | ... | SWAT Cop |
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Victor Thrash | ... | SWAT Cop |
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Ken Turner | ... | SWAT Cop |
Recently divorced Meg Altman and her daughter Sarah have bought a new home in New York. On their tour around the mansion, they come across the panic room. A room so secure, that no one can get in. When three burglars break in, Meg makes a move to the panic room. But all her troubles don't stop there. The criminals know where she is, and what they require the most in the house is in that very room. Written by Film_Fan
This claustrophobic suspense thriller sets itself up well with a remarkable, if digitally enhanced, one-shot that neatly and necessarily establishes the geography of the central location, while also planting the seeds for the seedy uses of various tools laying about the house, so that the action that comes later is clean and clear without ever needing to slow down for the sake of audience reorientation. 'Panic Room (2002)' is pretty pacy and nicely gritty to boot, being unusually violent for pictures of the kind but never less tense either. It manages to make a compelling home-invasion seem suitably layered, presenting the bad guys as rounded individuals with differing yet believable motives and personalities. It still feels immediately dangerous, though, never losing sight of its protagonists and the escalating peril they're placed in, until it finally reaches its truly edge-of-your-seat and slightly unexpected finale. 7/10