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The Cell
is a truly disturbing film. It takes you, the viewer, on an inter-distasteful,
hard-to-watch, almost pornographic trip into the mind of a morbid,
cruel serial killer.
This makes everything I've seen so far
look like a kid's cartoon. It breaks new ground in all directions
with bizarre, shocking turn of events.
The Cell
is not for many movie-goers, only the pure, hard-core freak fans.I
thought I was there, but this picture stopped me short. I'll
spare you the gory details and just go scissors down. |
You've heard it called Silence of the
Lambs meets The Matrix, but in reality it is a modern
retelling of Fantastic Voyage, as scientists (or in this
case psychologist) enter the mind of a serial killer to find
out where his latest victim might be.
Jennifer Lopez, more supermodel than actress,
must deal with imagery straight out of a Czechoslovakian animated
short, with beautiful costumes and art direction wasted in a
flesh-ripping gorefest that even aspirin can't save.
Schlock masquerading as art! |
I found The Cell to be a pointless
science fiction shocker that deals in disgusting, uncalled-for
film reflections.
Quite a few scenes resemble T.V. commercials
and music videos, with no apparent purpose that quickly becomes
mind-numbing.
The movie has a great deal of mumbo-jumbo
chatter, with scientists, doctors, and cops explaining to one
another what's happening. I didn't buy their explanations.
In my view, this was a sorry, pathetic
excuse for a picture. |