The Elevator

This is obviously not a big movie. It's as low budget as it can be. Now that I watched it, it feels more like a claustrophobic episode of The Twilight Zone.

Movies which don't have the resources to excite otherwise, are often trying to impress with other means like disturbing images or provocative situations.

So... this is a thriller about a mature woman who holds prisoner a well known game-show host inside an elevator. No. It's not a "hostage situation" (if the production had the money for firemen and SWAT teams and negotiators, I wouldn't characterize this as "cheap"). It's more like...well..I won't spoil you...but if you get quickly through the short list of why a 55+ woman could do such a thing...well...soon you will have an idea about what is going on.

But it's not the beginning or the middle of the movie that will impress you. You will get a mental puzzle near the end! What is true and what is not.

Caroline Goodall, the good wife of ...Liam Neeson, Michael Douglas and even Bruce Willis, is the star in this. Despite the fact that she is a trained and experienced actress her performance is only adequate. You get that "crazy" vibe she went for, but in my opinion there was much room for improvement.

Burt Young should had let us remember him from the Rockies. Didn't know James Parks, he is good but he is kind of unattractive to play a wealthy game-show presenter.

Music works well, especially near the end where you will get the actual thrills.

Overall: A Cheap made thriller with OK performances and some plot twists to its last part, but nothing special. If you have time to spare, check it out.

Nice movie, well done and not at all obvious. I don't understand why it has an insufficient average

How can.people.make such deplorable films? The acting is juvenile ,the dialogues contrived and the story line seems to be trying to create something out of nothing . The children seem to be obnoxious ,the woman a dumb erican blond and the father totally lost in space . However ,when you think what kind of audiences this film addresses,it's totally understandable. American films ,like almost all things American,are naive, unintelligent pieces of trash . And now the question arises : is there one single person with an IQ higher than that of a radish that would buy a ticket to watch this ? I for one stopped watching after 15 minutes.

So this is low budget but it is a good find. I'd rather give it a 6.5 rating because it is better than 6 but not quite a 7. This has a limited cast and it is shot mostly in an elevator. I like watching films like this just to see if people can come up with some interesting scenarios for such a tight set. It really isn't too bad. The acting is decent for the most part. It was filmed well and I liked the story. I was a little unsatisfied with the ending but only because I wanted to know more. This worked out just right for my rainy day and nothing to do.

So I'm trying to figure out if this is really a true story. It's being advertised as a true story. But other reviews say that is a not a true story who is correct? Also who was injected with the pentanol? Did he shoot her or did she shoot herself? I thought the movie was pretty good, a bit suspenseful. One part of the movie that was not convincing, how did she pull him up through the elevator hatch? Any feedback on this movie would be appreciated. The end was a little confusing. Did Jack die at the end of the movie? What had happened to the security guard? Again is this a true story? I would recommend watching the "Golden Glove" that is a true story.