Penthouse North

[Furstmobile]

Michael Keaton and Michelle Monaghan will star in Penthouse North, a psychological thriller being directed by Joseph Ruben. Lionsgate is handling foreign sales for the thriller and is shopping it in Toronto. The pic will begin production in Canada's capital, Ottawa, in November. Jeff Sackman, Michael Baker and Jon Shiffman are producing, as is Ruben, who has made a career helming thrillers ranging from The Forgotten to Sleeping with the Enemy to Dreamscape. David Loughery, who wrote the thrillers Obsessed and Lakeview Terrace, penned Penthouse and is also producing.

The plot centers on a photojournalist (Monaghan) haunted by a tragic event who has escaped from the world in an upscale New York penthouse. The world comes after her with a vengeance in the form of a smooth but sadistic criminal (Keaton) looking for a hidden fortune, with the woman mustering her inner strength to survive.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/toronto-2011-michael-keaton-michelle-232979 - 9/8/2011

This is old news and I'm amazed there's not already talk of it on this board. Keaton is back in a starring role as a "smooth but sadistic criminal."

GET HYPE.

[Silver Nemesis]

Not much to say about this. It's a formulaic thriller with the exact same plot as Wait Until Dark (1967) and Nowhere in Sight (2001). Keaton and Monaghan both deliver strong performances, but aside from that there's really not a lot to recommend. The only thing I would point out is that the final shot of the movie is strongly reminiscent of both a scene from Batman 89 and a scene from Batman Returns. It involves an alleyway, a dead body, a cat and a slowly rotating camera zoom...