Panic Room 2002 by AverageMansReviews

Panic Room 2002 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/stabbing/shooting/medical/burning/disfigurement/decapitation/bodily function

Family Guy did a parody of this film better: a recently divorced mother Meg Altman; she suffers from having claustrophobia [Jodie Foster] and her daughter Sarah Altman; she suffers from being diabetic [Kirsten Stewart] moves into this new house which has a panic room, which is very convenient considering on their first night in this new house, they get robbed; this trio of criminals led by Junior [Jared Leto] are only concerned about getting in this safe and they all do anything to get access to it.

The pacing of this 112 minute film is incredibly quickly tiresome, between these three criminals including Burnham [Forest Whitaker] being in Meg's bedroom and she not getting the feeling that she is being watched or she isn't giving that impression away or Meg not hearing some sounds way, way before seen this ball on the panic room cameras. I mean this really did annoying, because these three criminals were not exactly quiet talking about things or anything.

Art and action; in the opening credits we get to see these buildings up close this sequence is eye-catching and it will grab your attention and these camera shots or movements to immerse its audience in what is happening at that time, moving on there is this big boom action scene, and finally we have a mixture of the art and action as Burnham breaks into this safe and at some point we get to look down where he is looking through this tool of the intimate workings of this lock so we can open it.

The character developments and performances; generally speaking a character developments are safe and reliable versions of what they are meant to be, there was one moment what infuriated me; I am paraphrasing here; basically Burnham asks Sarah what happens if you don't have this medication which she replies coma and death. The reason why this annoyed me so much is because if or when you watch this film you can clearly see she is in a bad way, so she isn't going to get better if he doesn't give her this medication, I know the very basics of this lifestyle and that is it, when this review was first dictated. But I know one thing for a fact I wouldn't ask this question, generally speaking 95% of people take medication because they need to, as you can see this one moment has annoyed me because it is so stupid.

The performances are once again generally speaking safe and reliable versions of what they are meant to be; the trio of Jodie Foster, Kirsten Stewart and Forest Whitaker are the three worth pointing out as they as in different pairings or between the three of them they have good chemistry.

This film receives: 3/10, this film is poor; this is one of those films where I remember the positives as I have clearly shown in this review and then quickly remember the negatives, so this project falls on this side of the fence just before the next section of marks in my marking system. The Family Guy Episode I am referring to is Episode 27: The Griffin Family History Season 4, where they use this film's storyline as an ongoing background storyline as the Griffins are in their panic room waiting for the Quahog Police to show up and arrest these criminals; whilst waiting Peter tells his family minus Meg these family stories.

One final thing this film has awards accredited to it; Winner 1 ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 2003 ASCAP Award Top Box Office Films Howard Shore For The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers [yes I know this award doesn't have anything to do with this film, but in my defence and is working with what is in front of me.] Nominees 9 including cademy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2003 Saturn Award Best Actress Jodie Foster, Black Reel Awards 2003 Black Reel Theatrical - Best Supporting Actor Forest Whitaker and Young Artist Awards 2003 Young Artist Award Best Performance in a Feature Film - Leading Young Actress Kristen Stewart.