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The Cell (2000)
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Reviews Counted: 125
Fresh: 54
Rotten:71
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Consensus: The Cell offers disturbing, stunning eye candy, but it is undermined by a weak and shallow plotline that offers nothing new.
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Box Office: $17,515,050
Synopsis: A wild ride inside the mind of a serial killer, THE CELL is a movie that leads viewers on a strange visual and psychological journey. Catherine Deane (Jennifer Lopez) is a child therapist working... A wild ride inside the mind of a serial killer, THE CELL is a movie that leads viewers on a strange visual and psychological journey. Catherine Deane (Jennifer Lopez) is a child therapist working on an experimental new technology that allows for direct access into someone else's mind. However, the benefits of the technology are still unproven. Meanwhile FBI Agent Peter Novak (Vince Vaughn) is hard at work tracking down a serial killer who encloses women in a small glass cell and drowns them. Novak is able to identify the killer as Carl Stargher (Vincent D'Onofrio), but before he can be arrested, he goes into a coma. The only way to rescue his most recent victim is for Catherine to enter his mind using the experimental technology. However, Stargher's mind is so warped and frightening, there's no way to know what Deane will encounter inside of it. THE CELL is the feature film debut of Tarsem Singh, a renowned commercial and video director who overloads his film with visual splendor and horror, while sticking to a simple story of innocence lost and innocent victims saved. A must-see for fans of dark psychological thrillers, THE CELL features some controversial violence and sexual content along with amazing special effects. A chilling yet strangely elegant thriller, THE CELL is a stunning cinematic experience. [More]
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio, Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Dylan Baker, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Jake Weber, Patrick Bauchau, James Gammon, Tara Subkoff, Jake Thomas
Director: Tarsem Singh
Director: Tarsem Singh
Screenwriter: Mark Protosevich
Producer: Julio Caro, Eric McLeod
Composer: Howard Shore
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Reviews for The Cell
Lopez wades through many nonsensical, pompous, gradually annoying dream-logic scenes.
It's not the villain but the director who seems most interested in these grisly spectacles. He was certainly uninterested in his characters.
The Cell may be another repellent serial killer movie, but at least it tries something different.
The cop/serial killer part of the story (written by Mark Protosevich) offers absolutely nothing of interest.
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