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Director:
Writer:
Dick Maas (writer)
Release Date:
6 September 2001 (Netherlands) more
Tagline:
YOUR NEXT STOP... IS HELL.
Plot:
When the express elevators in the Millennium Building, one of New York's most famous landmarks, start to malfunction and behave in erratic ways... more | add synopsis
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The Best 'Elevator Kills People' Movie Ever more (61 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | James Marshall | ... | Mark Newman |
 | Naomi Watts | ... | Jennifer Evans |
 | Eric Thal | ... | Jeffrey |
 | Michael Ironside | ... | Gunter Steinberg |
 | Edward Herrmann | ... | Milligan |
 | Dan Hedaya | ... | Lt. McBain |
 | Ron Perlman | ... | Mitchell |
 | Kathryn Meisle | ... | Mildred |
 | Martin McDougall | ... | Security Guard Andy |
 | John Cariani | ... | Security Guard Gary |
| David Gwillim | ... | Blind Man (Mr Faith) |
| Peter Banks | ... | Maintenance Chief |
| William Vanderpuye | ... | Murphy (as Will Vanderpuye) |
| Wilke Durand | ... | Kowalski's Wife |
 | Todd Boyce | ... | ESU Captain |
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Also Known As:
The Shaft (USA) (video title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for horror violence, language and some sexuality.
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111 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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UK:15 | France:-12 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | Australia:MA | Denmark:15 | Finland:K-15 | Canada:R
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When Jennifer and Mark find information about Gunter Steinberg on Harvard's website, his birth date reads April 15, 1951. It's also Dick Maas' birth date. more
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Security Guard #6: It's going DOWN! more
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References Casablanca (1942) more
Soundtrack:
Hot Shot more
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After being completely disappointed with The Ool, my friends and I stuck in The Shaft only to be completely delighted (ouch, bad one). The Shaft (or Down,as it was apparently called at one point) follows the exploited elevator industry as the poor machines have to fight off babies and blind men and roller bladers.
The Shaft is a perfect fit for anyone who wants some fun. I mean, look at that cast! It's B-movie heaven. Watching Ron Perlman's impassioned defense of the elevator industry is golden, and Naomi Watt's 'acting' is once again fun to watch.
The pacing is the real villain in this flick, as it drags on with useless characters and stupid tangents when elevators killing people really should have been the sole focus of the movie.
The climactic battle between the evil elevator which includes, yes, a rocket launcher that shoots invisible rockets, is golden. I will admit with little uncertainty, that this is simply the best Hedaya/Herrmann/Perlman/Ironside/Watts v. possessed elevator movie out there, and, for my money, was worth the fifty cent rental.
Rating: 2/10