Panic Room
Movie, 2002, The 2000s, Set in A Manhattan brownstone
Panic Room is #5 of 13 in release order and #5 of 13 in chronological order in the David Fincher.
The story
Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.
Panic Room recap
Panic Room (2002) follows Meg Altman and her daughter, who hide in a steel safe room when burglars break into their new Manhattan brownstone. David Fincher directs from David Koepp's script. Jodie Foster plays Meg, recently divorced, and Kristen Stewart plays her 11-year-old daughter Sarah, who has diabetes. The house belonged to a reclusive millionaire whose hidden fortune sits in a floor safe inside the panic room itself. Three men come for it: Junior (Jared Leto), the dead owner's grandson; Burnham (Forest Whitaker), who installs panic rooms for a security company; and Raoul (Dwight Yoakam), a masked gunman Junior brought without telling Burnham. The burglars pump propane into the vents and Meg ignites it, burning Junior. She calls her ex-husband Stephen (Patrick Bauchau) before the line is cut, and Raoul kills Junior when he tries to quit. Stephen arrives and is beaten, and Sarah has a seizure while her glucagon is stuck in her bedroom. It is Fincher's fifth feature, between Fight Club and Zodiac.
Panic Room ending explained
Panic Room ends with Burnham saving Meg. When Meg leaves the room for Sarah's medicine, the men slip inside with Sarah, and Burnham gives her the injection. Meg tricks two police officers into leaving to protect Sarah. As the men escape with the bonds, Meg attacks Raoul with a sledgehammer; when Raoul gets the upper hand, Burnham comes back and shoots him. The returning police arrest Burnham and the bonds blow away in the wind. Days later Meg and Sarah sit in a park reading listings for a smaller home.
Post-credits scenes
No. Panic Room has no mid- or post-credits scene.
Where to watch Panic Room
Panic Room is streaming on YouTube TV and Pluto TV in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 6.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 76%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Fight Club, before Zodiac.
- Chronological order: after Fight Club, before Zodiac.
Cast
- Jodie Foster as Meg Altman
- Kristen Stewart as Sarah Altman
- Forest Whitaker as Burnham
- Dwight Yoakam as Raoul
- Jared Leto as Junior
- Patrick Bauchau as Stephen Altman
- Ann Magnuson as Lydia Lynch
- Ian Buchanan as Evan Kurlander
- Andrew Kevin Walker as Sleepy Neighbor
- Paul Schulze as Officer Keeney
- Mel Rodriguez as Officer Morales
- Richard Conant as SWAT Cop
Directed by David Fincher.