The movie opens as a body plummets from the 32nd floor of a building and slams onto a van; which is how all good movies start, of course. Fate then brings our main characters together in a forgettable way that had me so disengaged that I began sorting my popcorn by kernel size. People die regularly of course both in and out of the elevator and I counted at least five times during the movie where I wished I was next. The trapped victims of the Devil's sick mind game panic in all the right places while waiting in vain for rescue. The lead detective on the scene works frantically against the clock to make sense of what he is seeing through the elevator video camera as the body count keeps rising and all this happens while a security guard stands nearby as narrator recounting a story his mother used to tell of such events happening from time time throughout history. So its fortunate for the audience that the expert is a religious, rent-a-cop who seems to 'got jokes' because without him I would have been completely lost. The intended psychological angles are half-baked, tiresome and unintentionally hilarious. It probably helped that I had three 22 ounce beers before going to see this movie. So, there you go. If you enjoy a good laugh and have an extra 8 bucks, go see it. If you want something terrifying, you should stay home and rearrange your sock drawer.
3 Thumbs Down.
Tab Lazenby is the movie critic for The Artichoke Daily News
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