Going into "The Lost Room" I wasn't quite sure what to expect. Personally, it seems that since the inception of the special-effects revolution, sci-fi film writers have been relentlessly beating a dead horse by continually producing a litany of over-hyped and greatly under-whelming films consisting of poor acting, futuristic superheroes, latex-laden vixens and completely overboard computer-generated aliens/demons/mutants/hybrids, etc. etc. That being said, when I saw the trailer for "The Lost Room" I felt compelled to give it a chance because it seemed to be something that if not very feasible, looked to be at least a tangible story. To my great pleasure It turned out to be much more than I could have even hoped for. As a life-long fan of Rod Serling and The Twilight Zone I was completely floored by the parallels between this mini-series and the sort of intelligent, thought- provoking writing Serling and Matheson used to break barriers and revolutionize the genre in the late 50's and early 60's.
Every strong film is built with good casting and even better acting, both here are excellent. Peter Krause, after earning some well-deserved notoriety on Six Feet under and Kevin Pollak, a familiar face to anybody who watches TV or films both played their characters to perfection. Additionally, Peter Jacobson, Ewan Bremner and Roger Bart are also very good as is Julianna Margulies. Now as for the concept, it's nothing short of genius. A very select array of random, everyday items that are all used for a single, mundane purpose each have a very uniquely bizarre power which when utilized can do anything from pause time, to vaporize brass are scattered throughout the country and are actively being sought-after by dueling factions who each have a very different opinion of who, or what put them here and what their true purpose actually is. Detective Joe Miller unwittingly stumbles upon one of these items, resulting in the subsequent disappearance of his daughter, thus leaving him no choice but to journey into a bizarre subculture centered around one very special hotel room in Galup, New Mexico. This film was fantastic beginning to end with very few lulls, and that is an extremely impressive feat when filling nearly 6 hours of airtime.
Every strong film is built with good casting and even better acting, both here are excellent. Peter Krause, after earning some well-deserved notoriety on Six Feet under and Kevin Pollak, a familiar face to anybody who watches TV or films both played their characters to perfection. Additionally, Peter Jacobson, Ewan Bremner and Roger Bart are also very good as is Julianna Margulies. Now as for the concept, it's nothing short of genius. A very select array of random, everyday items that are all used for a single, mundane purpose each have a very uniquely bizarre power which when utilized can do anything from pause time, to vaporize brass are scattered throughout the country and are actively being sought-after by dueling factions who each have a very different opinion of who, or what put them here and what their true purpose actually is. Detective Joe Miller unwittingly stumbles upon one of these items, resulting in the subsequent disappearance of his daughter, thus leaving him no choice but to journey into a bizarre subculture centered around one very special hotel room in Galup, New Mexico. This film was fantastic beginning to end with very few lulls, and that is an extremely impressive feat when filling nearly 6 hours of airtime.