Hollywood celebrities and business tycoons are increasingly signing up for a certain type of security. This trend was reflected recently in the 2002 movie, Panic Room, starring Jodie Foster, Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam and Jared Leto.

The story centers on the plight of Meg (Jodie Foster) and her twelve year old daughter Sarah, who escape to their safe room when three men break into their home in Manhattan. The room has a thick steel door and the men try different ways to get into the room. The problem is that the valuable item that they are after is in the panic room itself. It’s difficult to tell whether the film would encourage or discourage people from having such a room.

It’s probably a comfort, psychologically speaking, for the owners of houses with a panic room. It may just advertise the fact that you have really got something worth stealing! Perhaps in the future, they will be standard issue with all new buildings as we become more afraid of the outside world and of every stranger we encounter. Only governments previously had bunkers to dive into. We only need a nuclear fall out shelter as well, to make us feel really safe.

You can build your own, you know. Just hop over to a site like SafeRoom.com. I suppose if you’ve had people break into your house, more than once, it might be a pretty good idea. Better than a couple of Rottweilers, though?

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