Strong and Moving!

So much average

People are voting emotionally.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

What can I say? You kind of expect the premise of a story to be reasonably tidy. If I set forth to state the premise of The Cell, it'd take about 3 minutes to do so, which is 2.5 minutes too long. The mythos is bizarrely reticulated, both quantitatively AND qualitatively, as in; some of the elements of the belabored premise individually strain credulity past the breaking point.But.... what a visual marvel! En route to driving home the over-wrought concept I daresay you will get your money's worth just in terms of the strenuously-yet-delicately wrought dream sequences.I should add a touch of the snob, here. Bunuel taught me that dreams in movies should dance on the fault line between the inscrutable and being amenable to pithy interpretation. Are these dream sequences so amenable? Yes and no.If it weren't for the extreme nature of the mythic aspect--that is, if they'd been able to drape the amazing visuals over a neater, more streamlined premise--It would've rated at least one more star for sure.So I guess that sums it up. If amazing art direction to flesh out an over-wrought premise is OK with you, the flick is definitely worth watching.

Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn and Vincent D'Onofrio star in this 2000 thriller. Lopez (Enough) plays Catherine Deane, a psychologist who helps FBI agent, Peter Novak find a kidnapped girl. Her process, is to get inside the mind of her abductor, a comatose, serial killer, Carl Stargher (D'Onofrio) who is the only one that knows. This is a bizarre film that reminds me a bit of "Manhunter" & "Red Dragon" with a decent cast and neat effects. I'd check it out at least once if you're into psychological thrillers.

A visual treat with a strong and intriguing story, that would be the best way to describe The Cell.It's like a precursor to Inception, whereby you venture into the subjects mind to observe and report and to intervene with the person's subconscious , suggestions can be implanted into the subjects mind and questions can be answered too. Visually the film was grade A, crisp, clean focused shots dominated the film and I liked some of the scenes where layers of deep colour were framed perfectly, like during the opening segment where Catherine was in the little boy she was working with's mind, the top layer was deep blue sky, underneath was strong yellow representing sand and the dark silhouette of Catherine framed perfectly in the centre of the shot, the film has many examples such as this, making the overall presentation very artistic. Vince Vaughn was still finding his feet in Hollywood at the time, but showed some serious skill in The Cell, before he became a full time comic actor this was, and Jennifer Lopez showed that she had genuine acting talent and wasn't solely a singer..., the back up cast including the underrated Dean Norris were excellent and fleshed the film out well. Simple, easy to follow science-fiction, this is what happens when science-fiction is done right; one of the best films from the year 2000, a strange year for Hollywood, the final year before the 21st century kicked in and major changes swept across the landscape.

A Film with the Premise of Probing the Mind of a Very Violent, Sadistic, and Highly Disturbed Serial Killer is, If Done Right, Bound to Be Very Violent, Sadistic, and Highly Disturbing. Indian Director Singh Certainly Got It Right.The Film Left Some Viewers Disgusted and Nauseated. Maybe that's Because the Behavior of the Serial Killer is Disgusting and Nauseating. What Makes the Film Special is the Way it's Framed with an Artsy, Beautiful Template that Completely Goes Against the Aforementioned. It is Contrast Taken to a Level of Disassociation.It's a Disturbing and Haunting Film. The Images on Screen Could be the Most Artistic and Gut-Wrenching of Any Modern Horror Movie. The Combination of Police Procedure, Psychological Interface, and Outrageous Criminal Behavior was Something New in the Year 2000. But, it Might Remind One of a Movie Made More than 80 Years Previously. "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (1917).Jennifer Lopez is Perfect in the Role of a Medical Sensitive and Vince Vaughn Delivers a Thankfully Restrained Detective. Vincent D'Onofrio is Outlandishly Outstanding as the Antagonist.Overall, it is a Strange Film that is Definitely Not for Everyone. But will Most Likely be Embraced by Art Film and Horror Movie Fans. It has Images that are Likely to Linger and Although Some are Stunning in Their Surreal Beauty, Others are a Blood-Bath Not So Easy to Forget, Unsettling and Psychically Intrusive.