Plot Summary
Michael is a bicycle courier and wishes his young daughter a happy birthday before setting out on his delivery route. Metzie is getting coffee at a cafe before heading to the North Tower, where she works as an elevator dispatcher. At 8:00 am, billionaire trader Jeffrey Cage and his wife, Eve, are meeting in the law offices of the North Tower to sign divorce papers. At 8:46 am, Michael, Eve, and Jeffrey are descending in an elevator when American Airlines Flight 11 crashes into the 93rd-99th floors of the building, resulting in the elevator stopping around the 38th floor, and its electronic components to malfunction.
Also in the elevator is Eddie, a maintenance man, and Tina, a woman who has come to the WTC to break up with her wealthy lover. They try to open the elevator doors to escape but are unable to do so due to a security locking system. From the elevator dispatch center on the lower floors of the North Tower, Metzie communicates with the group over the elevator’s public address system, telling them that their only hope is to force open the elevator door and send Eddie to the power room to rewire the elevator. The group inside the elevator begin to come up with plans to pry the door open.
At first, they use their hands but it is stuck too tightly, then they try to open the emergency shaft above but it can only be opened from the outside. Metzie informs the group that the firefighters are unable to reach the top floor and they must unbolt the locking mechanism to open the doors. Finally, they pry open the elevator door, Eddie is able to unlock the locking mechanism with a screwdriver, and break through a block of drywall into a janitor’s room.
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Info & Stats
Director:
Martin Guigui
Writers:
Martin Guigui, Steven James Golebiowski, Patrick James Carson
Stars:
Charlie Sheen, Gina Gershon, Whoopi Goldberg
Categories:
Drama, Thriller
Budget:
$5,500,000.00
Revenue:
$200,229.00
Age: RÂ Â |Â Â Duration: 1h 30m
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