Genre: Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Serial Killer, Murder, Police, Surreal, Mental Illness, Hostage, Gore, Mad Scientists, Space, Robots, Kidnapping, Psychos
Tagline: This Summer... Enter The Mind Of A Killer
Plot: When serial killer Carl Stargher (Vincent D’Onofrio) falls into a coma before his last victim can be found, a child therapist (Lopez) must use an experimental treatment to enter his mind and learn his secrets before it is too late. The visually haunting world threatens her very existence when she becomes trapped by the terror inside. Now, FBI agent Peter Novak (Vince Vaughn) must rescue her from the killer’s nightmare mind before he too is lost to the twisted world forever... A wild ride inside the mind of a serial killer, THE CELL is a movie that leads viewers on a strange visual and psychological journey. Catherine Deane (Jennifer Lopez) is a child therapist working on an experimental new technology that allows for direct access into someone else's mind. However, the benefits of the technology are still unproven. Meanwhile FBI Agent Peter Novak (Vince Vaughn) is hard at work tracking down a serial killer who encloses women in a small glass cell and drowns them. Novak is able to identify the killer as Carl Stargher (Vincent D'Onofrio), but before he can be arrested, he goes into a coma. The only way to rescue his most recent victim is for Catherine to enter his mind using the experimental technology. However, Stargher's mind is so warped and frightening, there's no way to
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 Eccentric and totally demented, this is quite the ride that while it may be a bit loopy in the scripting department makes up for it in the visuals. ... Lots of memorably twisted moments are here and it's acted well - this is truly a unique film that's odd and hard to classify.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
A movie that thinks it's far smarter than it really is. Arty symbolism and imaginings of mental worlds abound in The Cell, but when you actually look at the characters' minds and motives, none of it works.  --Jack Witzig (ColdSpot)
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 | Dylan Baker
Spider-Man 2, Road to Perdition, Hide and Seek |
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 | Vince Vaughn
Mr. & Mrs. Smith, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Wedding Crashers |
 | Jake Weber
Dawn of the Dead, U-571, Meet Joe Black |
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Howard Shore
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Silence of the Lambs |
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