John Cusack plays a hitman at a high school reunion, attacked in a corridor by a kickboxing assassin, blending dark comedy with deadly seriousness. Benny “The Jet” Urquidez is noted for training or opposing Cusack, with a remembered connection to Jackie Chan’s fight in Wheels on Meals. John Carpenter uses the tension-building qualities of Outpost 31 corridors in a sci-fi-horror setting, including an infected sled-dog prowling before entering a room. The occupant’s identity is suggested only by a shadow on the wall, fueling uncertainty about who will be “Thingified.” Other films use endless passageways, mausoleum marble corridors, luxury hotel baroque halls, and modern corridors with running figures to intensify unease.
"John Cusack plays a hitman attending his high school reunion, where a kickboxing assassin attacks him in the corridor. The film is dark comedy, but the fight is deadly serious. Fun fact: Cusack's trainer/opponent is the legendary Benny The Jet Urquidez, who memorably took on Jackie Chan at the climax of Wheels on Meals (1984)."
"John Carpenter fully exploits the tension-building properties of the Outpost 31 corridors in his sci-fi-horror classic. Nowhere more so than when the infected sled-dog prowls along one of the passageways before entering a room. The only clue to the occupant's identity is a shadow on the wall, sparking a never-ending debate about which character is about to get Thingified."
"Jonathan Pryce takes the lift up to Information Retrieval and finds himself in an endless grey passageway with concrete pillars. Forced perspective helped turn a disused flour mill into the longest corridor in the world in Terry Gilliam's dystopic satire. Also of note, next floor up: a white-tiled corridor with blood on the floor."
"Director Alain Resnais conjures a uniquely spooky ambience in the baroque corridors of a luxury hotel in a story that might or might not involve adultery and murder. A ghostly arthouse meditation on time and memory or, in the words of Albert Steptoe, a load of old boots? Hey, why not both."
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