Elevator

Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2012

Nine annoying people from different backgrounds find themselves trapped in a stalled Wall Street elevator. Bad enough, until it is revealed that one of them is packing a bomb. Some Occupy motive or other. They push all the elevator buttons, including the panic one, but none of them work. Then they try to push all your emotional buttons. None of these works either. Then, as the initial social niceties break down, conflicts arise, and things get violent and bloody. My favorite line: “We have to cut the body in half.” If you really like this kind of thing, go rent the so-so (but better) Devil.