Nine people are stuck in an elevator. One of them has a ticking bomb that can't be defused. The other eight will do anything to survive. There is no escape and no promise of rescue. As the tension in the elevator mounts the unthinkable soon becomes the only reasonable solution.
Acting
Shirley Knight's dying monologue that cuts deeper than the bomb.
Direction
Stig Svendsen makes 54 square feet feel like a pressure cooker.
Director
Stig Svendsen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot entirely on a single set in Los Angeles with practical elevator mechanics that actually jammed actors between floors multiple times.
The 2011 Occupy Wall Street movement directly influenced the script's class resentment; Henry Barton was rewritten to be more explicitly villainous after early drafts. His final line—'I'm worth more than all of you'—was an ADR addition post-production.
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