Cellular | | Cast : | Kim Basinger | | Director : | David R. Ellis | | Studio : | New Line Home Entertainment | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | September 10, 2004 | | DVD Released Date : | June 07, 2005 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 04, 2005 | | Summary | A Fun Thrill Ride for Popcorn Movie Lovers | Content
 | I'm surprised at the negativity "Cellular" has received by other viewers: this is a highly enjoyable, intricately (yet plausibly) plotted, and very well acted spill-your-popcorn movie along the lines of "Speed." I won't rehash the plot; a lot of it relies on surprise and twists. Yes, the action gets cartoonish, even outlandish, but this is not meant to be Shakespeare, just a fast paced adventure and, taken in its context, is actually fairly clever (unlike so many mindless action pics nowadays, you can tell some thought actually went into the screenplay). As for Kim Basinger, don;t listen to what others say: she gives a solid, emotional performance; you genuinely see she wants to not only save herself but protect her family too. Chris Evans remains consistently engaging throughout, the perfect everyman suddenly thrust into a mind boggling situation. Jason Stratham gives a deliciously menacing turn as a villian, and William Macy provides some nice comic relief. Because both Basinger and Evans give such fine performances, we genuinely care for their characters, which makes the very last scene between the two of them all the more exhilarating. Additionally, writer Larry Cohen adds some nice subtle social underlinings of how we've become slaves to the cellular age. And the movie is never boring; heck, it barely slows down to catch its breath. With all of that going for it, "Cellular" is one of the more enjoyable films of the year.
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| Rating | | | Date | July 30, 2005 | | Summary | CACA! (- 5 STARS!) | Content
| Without question, one of the worst movies ever made! The story
was so stupid, it should have been a comedy! The acting was just
as bad. How anyone could possibly say this is a good movie,
AMAZES ME! It's unbelievable, the punishment a phone can take,
and still work! What make was that phone? |
| Rating | | | Date | July 29, 2005 | | Summary | Don't bother | Content
| I must have been watching a different movie because contrary to what most reviewers are saying this is beyond awful. Young guy gets dumped by his girlfriend because he is "selfish" and "irresponsible". Right after that he gets a call from terrified Kim Basinger who has been kidnapped and who managed to call out on 100 of pieces of broken phone. Okaay. Enter police officer, handling the front desk. He doesn't seem to care much that this guy has a kidnapped woman on the phone and more concerned with opening a spa? During the course of the movie we get the "irresponsible" kid stealing several cars and a gun, gets step ahead of the bad guys who as we discover are crooked cops(and very stupid ones at that). And of course, there is spa opening cop who decides to do some investigating on his own and stumbles on this conspiracy...Lord, please, I don't think i can go on about all the stupid things that happened. By the ending is truly pricess-bad guys get caught, everybody is happy and the kid's girlfriend is so impressed by him being a hero that she takes him back. Sheesh! |
| Rating | | | Date | July 19, 2005 | | Summary | Sorry I could not give it a ZERO | Content
| Do you like movies where they have to do or show really stupid things to make the plot work? If so, this movie is for you. I turned it off a half hour into it. Acting is absolutely the worst I have seen in a long time. I put this right up there with Chariots of Fire. I have tried to watch that three or four times, and keep turning it off. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 11, 2005 | | Summary | Surprisingly good thrill ride | Content
| Chris Evans, (who also does a really good showing as the Human Torch in the new Fantastic Four movie) stars alongside screen veteran Kim Basinger, who plays Jessica Martin, a kidnap victim who manages to tap into a broken phone in the room where she's being held captive. Basinger manages to place a random outside call, contacting the cell phone of a young man named Ryan (Evans). Once she convinces him that she is, indeed, in danger, Ryan goes out to find help, only to find himself in over his head as he races to rescue Jessica's young son and husband from the kidnappers, and try to unravel the reasons she was abducted in the first place.
The movie does require a degree of suspension of disbelief - that Jessica could tap into the phone lines and contact a random person decent enough to help and close enough to actually do something about it. Guess she wasn't wired for long distance. But once you get past that, it's really an enjoyable thriller. Since her life depends on maintaining contact with Ryan, mundane things like a bad signal or a phone battery running low suddenly become genuinely suspenseful. Jason Statham also puts in a good performance as our villain, and the always-good William H. Macy plays a cop on the verge of retirement (uh-oh!) who gets sucked into the case. The movie is an A-minus for me. |
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