Review – Panic Room

Here’s the claustrophobic thriller taken to its ultimate degree as Jodie Foster and her sickly child end up trapped in a “panic room” while housebreakers outside try to figure out a way in. I guess it’s just her bad luck that what the thieves want is in the people vault with her. If only she’d remembered to get the emergency phone connected. And so on go the plot twists, each serving more to keep the story running rather than pointing it in any particular direction. It’s kind of like watching the end of a chess game where both players are down to a couple of pieces and slowly maneuver around each other trying to come up with a kill without being killed or stalemated. I guess a lot of movies do the same thing, but the taste becomes overpowering in such a closed environment. Mildly amusing