In countries like Argentina and Spain where most city folks live in
apartments, kids will often ask their parents if they can run down the
stairs while Mom and Dad take the elevator. But what happens if the kids
don’t appear at the bottom? This is the intriguing high-concept
scenario that successfully drives the first hour of
7th Floor.his is Spanish director Patxi Amezcua’s second film; the first,
25 Carat, was a taut, gritty and complex little thriller after which
7th Floor feels like a letdown. Its star appeal should mean that other Spanish-speaking territories follow where Argentina (Ricardo Darin) and Spain (Belen Rueda) have led, but there is too little here suggest that the film will climb the stairs elsewhere.
