Elevator

2013 "Take The Stairs"
5.3| 1h24m| en| More Info
Released: 18 February 2013 Released
Producted By: Quite Nice Pictures
Country: United States of America
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Nine people are stuck in an elevator. One of them has a ticking bomb that can't be defused. The other eight will do anything to survive. There is no escape and no promise of rescue. As the tension in the elevator mounts the unthinkable soon becomes the only reasonable solution.

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Mjeteconer Just perfect...
KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
Curt Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.
Michael Ledo This is another movie that might make a better play. We are given quick 30 second character introductions before everyone crowds together. With the title being "Elevator" it isn't hard to guess where this thing is going and what is going to happen. What makes the story interesting is the characters and details.The characters consist of a claustrophobic comedian (Joey Slotnick) who insults about everyone. There is Mr. Barrow (John Getz), CEO and multi-millionaire along with his very bratty granddaughter (Rachel and Amanda Pace.) There is a well dressed man from the office, Don (Christopher Backus), his future wife and TV newscaster Maureen (Tehmina Sunny). Celine (Anita Briem) is a pretty blonde who is pregnant. She works in the same office as Don and until recently they worked rather closely...and for some reason he has never mentioned her to his future wife Maureen. Martin (Devin Ratray) is the heavy set man who also works for Mr. Barton. Jane Redding (Shirley Knight) is a disgruntle investor who takes her medication with Irish whiskey. Her husband recently passed away and she represents the 99% ers with an ax to grind. Mohammed (Waleed Zuaiter) is the security guard on the elevator. They are on they way up to a diner/celebration for Mr. Barrow's company. As the elevator gets stuck (c'mon you knew that was coming) Mr. Barrow remarks, "I hate to miss the first course." Movie has class struggle politics, terrorism, and prejudice as multiple themes.As always we have the personality clashes and heroics. Fairly decent drama/thriller with enough light moments. Not overpowering but well done and well acted.F-bomb, no sex, no nudity, woman relieving herself on elevator. What is most unbelievable is the $3 million dollar budget. How much does getting the rights to Muzak cost?
atinder I liked the movie Devil (2010) and also liked the movie Blackout (IV) (2008)All three of these have on thing in common, is that most of movie takes center stage in the Elevator and they all very different in a way This movie was a lot better then I thought it would, it had some decent cast, some were not likable.I thought the movie flowed really well from to start to end,even it just one location.There one really bloody moment in this movie, which wasn't to much. i Thought the movie was Entertaining
M MALIK the moral of this story is do not use elevators because elevators can be risky you never know who is a criminal and might by carrying something dangerous even batman and James Bond wont help you always use the stairs and be safe don't be lazy.the plot:9 people board the elevator in a building when an accident happens by mistake or on purpose by the little girl who pushes the stop button the situation gets even worse when one of them is carrying a bomb.the cast:everyone did decent acting staying true to their characters i liked Tehmina Sunny very much here but the stereotypical dialogs and racism could have been avoided.what would you do in a situation like this these guys could have managed it easily by climbing through the wires from roof hatch first of all the security at wall street is no joke specially after 9/11 & why there is always a kid and a racist guy in every movie its enough we can hold Russel peters responsible for this, the script is written by 5 years old i guess.Overall Elevator 2011 misses the destination but its a worthy time pass film my rating is 4/10.
sddavis63 "Elevator" in most respects has a pretty simple plot - almost too simple, which made me think it would be rather thoughtless. A bunch of people are stuck on an elevator - and there happens to be a bomb among them. So, the question is, can they get unstuck in time before the bomb goes off.There's nothing complicated or pretentious here, and the movie is barebones. Except for a few minutes in both the opening and the closing, the entire movie is set on the crowded elevator. At first, they don't know there's a bomb, and you basically just watch the group dynamic among a diverse group of people who deal with being trapped in a variety of ways - from complete calm to claustrophobia. For a while I was thinking that just the story of this diverse group being stuck together could have made for an interesting study of group dynamics without the bomb, and I was wondering if introducing the bomb was necessary. The bomb actually worked surprisingly well. The whole group dynamic study was still there, but the introduction of the added tension worked very well to ratchet this up.None of the characters were well developed, but we learn enough about them as they interact on the elevator to at least get a sense of who they are. None of the actors are major stars. The best known and most recognizable to me was probably Jerry Slotnick. That lack of a big name created more a of a composite cast and helped us focus on the group rather than on one individual within the group. There are some story points that didn't work all that well for me. The reporter beaming some video out on her cell phone seemed contrived; and the attempt to free the elevator using a small crack through which an arm could be reached had predictable results - why would anyone even try that, given that the result of any success was so obvious? All things considered though I was surprised by how watchable I found this, made even more so by its very short (1:20) run time. (7/10)