The Elevator

Elevator is an idea that should have the running time of a Far Side comic. It takes far too long in it brief running time, working on the original gag of overweight capacity on a ride that is only going nine floors in the time it would take to rise to the top of the Empire State. The banal elevator music and the protagonist's tension build nicely against each other but the ride is soon overlong, the ironic set up disappointing. About a century too old. The likes of Lloyd and Keaton would have had field day with it. A drab modern day silent.