
It's New Year's Eve in New York City and everyone's getting ready to party. Watching, waiting, a man called Hollander has a different kind of party in mind. Alone in her high-rise apartment, Sara has no idea that her boyfriend was a thief. But what he stole - and from whom - is about to put her life on the line. Trapped in the penthouse with Hollander and his sadistic partner, these two will kill, maim, tear the place apart to find a fortune in diamonds. While the party rages... (Full plot summary below)
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It's New Year's Eve in New York City and everyone's getting ready to party. Watching, waiting, a man called Hollander has a different kind of party in mind. Alone in her high-rise apartment, Sara has no idea that her boyfriend was a thief. But what he stole - and from whom - is about to put her life on the line. Trapped in the penthouse with Hollander and his sadistic partner, these two will kill, maim, tear the place apart to find a fortune in diamonds. While the party rages outside, inside Sara fights desperately for her life. It's kill or be killed in a pulse-pounding , non-stop fight to the finish - and it all takes place in Penthouse North.
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| Time OutVioleta KovacsicsIn a simple plot with few frills - a woman, a flat and a robbery - details count, at least to flirt a bit within a story that starts off well, but soon fizzles out. |
| User ReviewSerge LThis is similar to Wait until dark to our millenium. I would say that the story is different but the spirit is the same. Rather well done and good effects. |
| User ReviewElliott TA captivating story with thrilling sequences to the last minute. Although it has a few flaws and loop holes, it still remains captivating and enjoyable. |
| User ReviewJeff AA disappointing letdown for The Stepfather (1987) director Joseph Ruben with a by-the-numbers script, surprisingly lackluster thrills (although Ruben does have a few good old-school jolts here & there) and an anticlimactic finish (featuring some of the worst use of green screen ever, with comical low-rent special effects)! Although Michelle Monaghan tries very hard (and to her credit, okay here), it's Michael Keaton's engrossing, effective turn as the central main villain that's the best thing here! A SHAME....Two and a half stars! |
| User ReviewTayo OIt starts off convincing that she is blind, but is then lost in the madness to come. |
| User ReviewHenrique HGood actors giving laughable performances with bad CGI. When I saw Michelle Monaghan stare at a painting I knew it was downhill from there. |
| User ReviewPaul Dunter durschnitt thriller...muss man nicht sehen |
| User ReviewJack BBy al means something to watch if TV schedules are lacking but come the end, there is little to make it linger in the memory for longer than all of 30 seconds. |
| User ReviewStuart BA not very thrilling thriller, unconvincing blind woman act y Michelle Monaghan. Are there no blind actresses? Keaton just looks and acts terrible. |
| User ReviewThomas WMichelle Monaghan (Gone Baby Gone) unconvincingly stars as a blind New York woman named Sara who resides in a private and seemingly well-secured penthouse with her boyfriend. As she runs a few last-minute errands in the neighborhood, her jewel-thief of a boyfriend (Sara didn't see that one coming!) is killed (nor this one!) as those he owed sent one (Barry Sloane - 'Revenge') to collect. When Sara gets home and the sadistic killer realizes he can terrorize a blind woman, he has some fun until she turns the tables on him by escaping and getting some help on the street. A kindly, off-duty officer (Michael Keaton - Jackie Brown) comes to her aid ... but what can be done when she is unable to point out her attacker? Penthouse North is cliché-laden gimmick after cliché-laden gimmick. It wants to be tense and taut and psychologically thrilling but it is none of these things. "There is nothing to see here!" ... and I didn't just say that because Monaghan's character is blind. Well, okay ... I did but: There's nothing to see here ... or at least nothing worth seeing anyway. |