Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.
Direction
Fincher's CGI-assisted camera phasing through floors and objects
Cinematography
Green-tinged surveillance aesthetic that invented an era
Production
The actual panic room set was a genius hydraulic nightmare
Director
David Fincher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The opening credits sequence took nearly a year to design — Fincher wanted the Manhattan brownstone to feel like a body being dissected.
Nicole Kidman was originally cast; her injury led to Jodie Foster, who had just given birth and used her own postpartum vulnerability to fuel Meg's protective rage.
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