Fans of action flicks will lap this up, but for those expecting an adult thriller, the 11th-hour diversion into unexpected territory is unwelcome turbulence, marring what, up until then, had been a slick, smooth and extremely enjoyable ride.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 25, 2021

Has there been an abduction, or is this a figment of a rattled mind? Nothing becomes clear until late in the film, by which time you should be fully gripped by this bizarre mystery.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 20, 2020

Sets up its premise quickly, then simply has nowhere to go.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 5, 2019

The alternations between reality and illusion could have been intriguing but the filmmaker doesn't want to go on that track at all.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 9, 2019

It's always a bad sign in a thriller when the big reveal is greeted by hoots of derisive laughter.

| Original Score: D | Sep 1, 2011

As with many modern thrillers the actual plot, once it comes to light, is highly implausible, there are a few too many turns towards the end and the climax errs towards the anti-climatic. That being said, it's well put together and entertainingly moody.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Mar 22, 2011

Tense but riveting thriller, best for teens+.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 15, 2010

If it's post 9/11, why would they have a plane with bathrooms that lead to tunnel-sized ventilators that have access to the plane's machinery?!

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| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 14, 2007

Following a smooth takeoff, this psychological thriller hits some turbulence and crash lands due to a preposterous, almost comical, turn of events.

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 26, 2007

Foster is a master at portraying a woman in terror who's trying to balance her fears with a survival instinct that drives her to somehow prevail.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Apr 15, 2007

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| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Oct 3, 2006

While I do think that Foster and the movies she makes need to lighten up, that isn't quite what I have in mind.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 22, 2006

The bickering back and forth between Foster and Sarsgaard becomes tiresome. And the erriness dissipates without anything as interesting to replace it.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Aug 31, 2006

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 12, 2006

A disposable B-movie without much excitement or ingenuity.

| Original Score: C | May 4, 2006

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 1, 2006

It's not a good movie despite its stylishness and performances, but it does have a short window of appeal for reasons entirely independent of its plausibility.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jan 28, 2006

Jodie Foster, the real-life mother of two young sons, follows 'Panic Room' with another thriller that allows her to physicalize her maternal instincts into action-movie heroics. (Does her experience as a child actor help explain this protective streak?)

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 19, 2006

The movie may not soar, but it flies.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 10, 2006