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3.0 out of 5 stars
Down (but out?), 4 Jan 2004
DownThe offical write-up is as follows: New York, the city that never sleeps.
But something has just woken up. When the express lifts in the 102-story Millenium building begins to malfunction, the management sends in a mechanic to solve the problem but not eveyone is happy about it - especially the lift. After two gruesome accidetns, both the media and the police decend upon the building. A beautiful reporter hunting for a juicy story begins to shadow the mechanic and the police, who have launched a full scale investigation. When several of New York's finest are killed, the government (fearing terrorism) seals of the building. Now it's up to the mechanic and the reporter to unravel the lethal mystery together, and stay alive as the death toll continues to rise. The unpredictable and bloodthirsty enemy is determined to kill anyone searching for the dark secret lurking in the belly of the building. It is a enemy that must be feared - an enemy that must be taken...down. Ignoring the spelling mistakes and the few misleading bits in the write-up, I felt this was a fairly enjoyable film. Not a serious suggestion for a horror movie, the same sorta thing as Deep Rising, also take note that this film was filmed in 2001, and I noticed one shot which actually had the Twin Towers missing, while in other shots they were there, which may explain the near three years it took to come out on DVD, as well as the subject of terrorists. There are some cliches it sets up, but deliberately misleads you into thinking it's actually gonna go the full mile with them, but enjoyable doesn't, poking fun at them. The first three quarters of the film were good, though it got a little strange in the final quarter. In the cast are James Marshall and Eric Thal as two elevator mechanics, and Naomi Watts as the plucky young reporter. Uncredited on the cover are oldschool actors Micheal Ironside (Starship Troopers) and Ron Perlman (Blade II, Enemy at the Gates, Alien: Resurection) The main feature of the film that I quibble with is the Millenium Building's status, supposedly more famous then the World Trade Center, Empire State or most other big buildings in America... But overall, the film is worthwil getting if you see it at a good price and if you're into a wide range of horror films. The CGI is fairly well done, blending the fake Millenium Building both onto an existing New York building and onto a sckyline... However, I feel it could have been titled better. An amusing note, the use of Aerosmith's 'Love in an elevator' with the main lyrics toned out to a near echo...
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