Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780780649651
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0780649656
Label: New Line Home Video
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Line Home Video
Release Date: January 18, 2005
Running Time: 95 minutes
Sales Rank: 30307
Studio: New Line Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 10, 2004
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Just when you think it's getting silly, Cellular serves up another tantalizing twist. In the time-honored tradition of Sorry, Wrong Number and Wait Until Dark, Kim Basinger is well-cast as a resourceful damsel-in-distress who thwarts her kidnappers by connecting with a n'er-do-well cell-phone user (Chris Evans, later seen in The Fantastic Four) who races against time to rescue her from afar. One good cop (William H. Macy) assembles clues to uncover conspiracy, while first-time writer Chris Morgan and pulp-movie master Larry Cohen (who conceived the plot, similar to his own Phone Booth screenplay) serve up a consistently satisfying string of high-tension surprises. Jason Statham continues to prove his rising-star status as the film's tenacious villain, and director David Ellis (Final Destination 2) takes advantage of his experience as a veteran stunt coordinator and second-unit director, making good use of locations in his native Santa Monica, and wringing credible suspense from a deliriously far-fetched premise. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Great example of high-concept film making
A kidnapped woman (Kim Basinger), locked in a room with a broken phone, must rely on the young man (Chris Evans) who answers her desperate call for help on his cell phone, in order to save her from certain death.
"Cellular" is such a perfect, by-the-numbers, example of a high-concept action blockbuster, that within about five minutes of starting this film, I felt certain that I had every plot twist for the next 90 minutes figured out. What impresses me so much about this film is that I hadn't. Writer Chris Morgan takes the concept of a man on a phone call that he cannot hang up, and moves it in every direction imaginable and some that I didn't see coming. The script is neatly put together, and although it is unlikely to go down as one of the greatest action movies of all time, it is funny, smart and keeps you wondering what is going to happen next, right to the end.
As a side note, people who are thinking of watching this film because of Jason Statham (whose picture features prominently on the DVD cover), should be aware that Statham's role is relatively minor. This is Chris Evans's film, not Jason Statham's. Nevertheless, I watched this film because of Statham, and, although I was somewhat disappointed that he didn't have a bigger part, I feel that I ultimately won out, since I doubt I would have watched this film otherwise, and it was well worth watching.
Rating: - An Action Packed Thriller!!!
I have been away for a while because we were without electricity for 10 days! We needed to go to my aunt and uncle's house in Paducah to keep warm and we decided to watch this move. Anyway...
This is a really good action film! It has an awesome plot about a woman named Jessica Martin being kidnapped for an unknown reason. The main bad guy comes in the room and breaks the phone. She pieces together the broken phone to randomly make a call to a person she has never met. She
calls Ryan Ackerman. At first, Ryan doesn't believe her, but then he hears her being tortured. From that point, he tries to help her at all costs. Everybody did an awesome job! I highly recommend CELLULAR!!!
p.s. My aunt and uncle are awesome!!!
Rating: - Lots and LOTS of great fun!
I saw this on DVD about three years ago, and I must say that it was one of the most fun I've ever had when watching a film. It had an exciting plot, fast pacing, and some very fine performances (especially Basinger and Evans). There were some problems, though. William H. Macy seemed a bit underused in the film, as if he was just in the film because of his celebrity status. Also, the action sequence in the end was a bit dull: I expected some more brutal fighting in a more public place. But aside from that, this was a very fun movie. And I didn't mind the continuity problems or things like that (critical thinking isn't required); I'm just glad that I was fully entertained. A-
Rating:  - Action Packed from start to finish pure Adrenaline Thriller
This Movie was Action Packed from start to finish I absolutely enjoyed this movie the Action in this movie was unbelievable and it was awesome I saw this movie on Television and I Just had to buy it on DVD the Movie is only ninety five minutes long but the thing is this movie is Just awesome and I'm not much of a wwe fan but I'm Definitely going to buy 12 Rounds when it comes out on DVD but this movie was Just awesome and I can imagine how good the movie 12 Rounds is going to be Seriously and when it comes out on DVD I'm Definitely going to buy it.
Rating: - ...deserves a good reception...
As someone who considers his cell phone to be as indispensable as trousers, CELLULAR resonates with me. Plus, I happen to work in Santa Monica and I've also harbored a longtime crush on Kim Basinger (I write this as I sigh and make googly eyes at the moon). So I'm definitely what one might call a target audience. But I think quite a few of us are, yes? Who doesn't have a cell phone nowadays, with all the things it can do? If you don't have one, this movie may persuade you to come across. Or not. CELLULAR also does a good job of going over some of the hassles attached to owning a cellular, possibly only omitting the part where you incur carpal tunnel from overtexting. Many old hands are of course already down, but those few still in the dark and restricted to those rotary dially thingees from the Stone Age (*cough* someofmyolderrelatives) will marvel at the cellular as a multi-functional device.
CELLULAR's plot flaunts a gimmicky premise, but I think it's an irresistible one and holds up for the entire hour and a half. One telling question is presented: Just how far would you go to help out a total stranger? Kim Basinger (still hot) plays Jessica Martin, a high school science teacher who is kidnapped for some nebulous reason. Locked up in the attic of an isolated farmhouse, she's able to piece together enough of a shattered landline telephone to place a frenzied random call. The unwitting recipient is a young, flighty twenty-something named Ryan (Chris Evans), motoring on the L.A. freeway, ... Read More
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