Very disappointing...

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

I enjoy bottle movies where little is shown and the dialogue drives it so I gave this a watch. I enjoyed the tension and seeing how different people responded. It keeps people in suspense so it does its job but I do wish the dialogue I was scattered a little better. Claustrophobic guy is irritating and seemed to have a very disproportionate amount of lines. This is true to life though, some people talk when they are nervous, but I don't have to like it. The reporter was interesting and having her talk more might have been nice. I also think reactions could have been done better like people were okay with an obnoxious little brat being terrible which was odd.Good for a watch but you might find some characters annoying. Maybe we are supposed to.

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

ELEVATOR has a decent set-up: a group of characters are trapped in a stuck lift, and one of them holds a secret that's going to put them into a dangerous situation. It's a clear copy of the recent Shyamalan-produced horror movie DEVIL, except this one's non-supernatural. The box proclaims that it's the film that DEVIL could have been, but that's a downright lie.Because ELEVATOR is a disappointment. Sure, the set-up is fine and the character mix is okay. You can't really fault the acting, either, even if most of the cast are unrecognisable aside from THE FLY's John Getz playing a typically jerkish character. Everyone puts in solid, if unspectacular performances, and I did like Joey Slotnick as the loud-mouthed comedian despite his character's brash, irritating nature.The problem with this is the script. It's fair to say that nothing really happens in ELEVATOR, and there's certainly nothing here to make this unmissable viewing. I can think of two good, suspenseful sequences in the entire movie, and the rest of it is just endless build-up leading to a pay-off that never arrives. I actually enjoyed the first half more than the second, purely because of the expectation value. The ending is particularly disappointing and lightweight.This should have been much better than it is, because Stig Svendsen does a good job of shooting within the claustrophobic confines of his small-scale set and there are all the right ingredients; it's just that they don't amount to much in the end. And the incredibly irritating girl in it should have been killed; it was criminal that she never got punished for her daft actions.

A ticking-clock thriller. Not a classic, but well done.I thought the actors played a good game, as their inner tensions came to the surface with the time passing. Overall the strands didn't come together because some of the characters didn't necessarily need to be there. And there should have been a reckoning with the evil snake oil salesman who caused all these people to come together - even if to confirm that his kind will always walk away without harm.The attempt to cut up the body was a great idea, but wasn't played for full value. Fairly good humour along with the tension, and the pace was just about right.A few logic problems - the biggest was the broadcast interview with the bomb-maker: that's not going to be shown while the crisis is unfolding.Recommend.