Down (film)

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Movie
German title Down
Original title Down
Country of production USA / Netherlands
original language English
Publishing year 2001
length 107 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Dick Maas
script Dick Maas
production Laurens Geels
Dick Maas
music Paul M. van Brugge
camera Marc Felperlaan
cut Bert Rijkelijkhuizen
occupation

Down (Alternative title: Down - Get in if you dare ) is an American-Dutch horror film by Dick Maas from 2001 . It is a remake of the film Elevator of Horror , which was also directed by Dick Maas in 1983.

action

The "Millennium Building" in New York City has 102 floors. There, accidents in the elevators often occur after a violent storm with lightning strikes. In the first accident of this type, a group of pregnant women get stuck in the elevator. Two babies are born there until the women are freed. Maintenance technician Mark Newman and his colleague examine the elevators but do not discover any cause of the problem.

Later there are accidents with fatal consequences; Among other things, a blind man and his guide dog fall into the elevator shaft and one of the guards is beheaded. Journalist Jennifer Evans is hoping for a sensational story and is researching the accidents. Newman helps her after his employer pulls him off the official investigation. The President of the United States speaks publicly about the problem after an accident that left a number of dead . The building is cordoned off by the security forces.

Evans and Newman find that controlling the elevators developed a consciousness of its own. You will track down a scientist who used to work for the military and who experimented with the connection between computers and living organisms. He was involved in making the controls for the elevators.

Newman sneaks into the skyscraper. He reaches the control of the elevators that has come to life and destroys them with a rocket launcher.

production

The production of the film cost about 15 million US dollars . It was shot in New York City , Washington, DC and the Netherlands .

Reviews

David Cornelius wrote in "Hollywood Bitchslap" that the film was a low-budget thriller that you could turn on while visiting friends without worrying about following the plot.

David Annandale wrote on UpcomingDiscs.com that the plot was pointless. The post synchronization mutilates the voice of Naomi Watts, the scenery was not successful. Annandale praised some death scenes, funny dialogue parts and the participation of the experienced actors Dan Hedaya, Michael Ironside and Ron Perlman.

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film moved " between splatter movie and disaster film, but leaves all wishes unfulfilled because the supposedly inexplicable of a demonic elevator is completely dissolved ". The " interwoven love story " seems " just as conventional as the pseudo-socially critical undertone ". The special effects are " on the level of the 60s ".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rotten Tomatoes
  2. ^ UpcomingDiscs.com
  3. ^ Down in the Lexicon of International FilmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used , accessed August 21, 2007