Cell

2016
15
1h 38m

IMDb RATING

4.4/10

31K

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John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson in Cell (2016)

At the Boston airport, Clay witnesses a scene of chaotic mayhem when an electronic signal turns hundreds of cell phone users into rabid killers. Desperate to find his estranged wife and son, Clay teams with a train driver to battle the horde of murderous "phoners" as the city descends into apocalyptic madness.

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When a mysterious cell phone signal causes apocalyptic chaos, an artist is determined to reunite with his young son in New England.When a mysterious cell phone signal causes apocalyptic chaos, an artist is determined to reunite with his young son in New England.When a mysterious cell phone signal causes apocalyptic chaos, an artist is determined to reunite with his young son in New England.

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IMDb RATING

4.4/10

31K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Cell: Airport Outbreak

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Cell: Meeting Alice

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Cell: Middle Of The Night

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Trivia
Among many differences from the source material, in the book, the zombie-like infected continue to have their brains re-written every night and evolve further psychic abilities, including telekinesis, which allows them to fly. This is explained as the infection having unlocked the human brain's latent supernatural potential. This idea is only vaguely alluded to in the film when the survivors of the boys school explain that the human brain is like a computer and that this could be the next stage in human evolution.

Goofs
On Tom McCourt's advice, Clay puts a cellphone in the fridge to cool the battery down to make the charge last longer yet he fails to do the obvious and turn it off. Also the theory of 'making a phone battery last longer by freezing it' is dubious at most, but the characters may not know any better.

Quotes
Tom McCourt: Clay, I'm really sorry about your family.
Clay Riddell: Don't be sorry because there is nothing to be sorry about yet.

Crazy credits
After the closing credits have finished, the catalyst signal from the movie plays for approximately 5-10 seconds, with no image, as if attempting to convert the audience.

Connections
Featured in FoundFlix: Stephen King's CELL (2016) Ending Explained (2016)

Soundtracks
I am glad, I am very glad, because i'm finally returning back home
aka "Trololo song"
Music by Arkadiy Ostrovskiy
Performed by Eduard Khil

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Featured review

5/10

Intense start but lazy end

This variation of the zombie apocalypse borrows from films like 28 Weeks Later or Kaufman's Invasion of the Body Snatchers. That is to say, it relies more on psychological tension than on graphic violence (but still contains some graphic violence.) The first act is pretty good, intense, sharp, adopting a fast pace that dispenses us of the genre's clichés. That won't last as it will turn into standard fare. Finally, in the 3rd act, the writer completely drops the ball and doesn't even bother ending his story properly. He just takes the easiest way out and deserves some boos for it.

Bad storytelling is enough to make a movie bad and a rating low. Here however, I balance it with the impressive beginning and the excellent visuals. Also worth mentioning is Samuel L. Jackson who, for the first time in 20 years, portrays a human being instead of his perpetual annoying caricature.