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The Cell (2000)

Genre:
Sci-Fi/Thriller
Director:
Tarsem Singh
Rating:
R
Running Time:
95 Minutes
Release Date:
August 18, 2000
Official Website:
Movie Trailer:
Discuss and vote:
Cast:
Jennifer Lopez
Vince Vaughn
Vincent D'Onofrio
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Jake Weber
Dylan Baker

Pickup Line: Totally Trippy

Guru mumu rating: 4

Guru dudu rating: 4

Overall rating: 4 (worth seeing at full movie ticket prices)

Quickie: : A psychotherapist lives up to the first part of her title by entering the mind of a comatose serial killer via a high-tech virtual reality gadget to find out where he had hidden his latest victim.

In Two Minutes:

criteria

guru mumu

guru dudu

initial expectations

(3) The bizarreness of the trailers didn't really appeal to me. It was like watching some whack music video. I was expecting all special effects and no plot.

(3) A trippy trailer combined with Jenny Lo... this movie's either going to be a complete hit...or a complete miss...no in between.

pace

(4) Pretty damn good. I got sucked into it all, I didn't notice time pass by.

(4) When the story slowed, the visuals kicked in. When the visuals slowed, the story kicked in. Well, you get the idea.

plot/story

(4) Very original, captivating…and disturbing. It gets you to think just as much as it gets you to look.

(4) Natural Born Killers, a dash of The Matrix, a dash of What Dreams May Come, and a pinch of the Pulp Fiction style, and you have a recipe for one engaging storyline. Fantasy films are usually cool because anything can happen, unlike reality based films which must conform to real life, and therefore worries about plausibility.

cast/acting

(3) With all the dazzling special effects, the actors almost get lost in the spectacle. Almost. Jennifer Lopez and company did decent jobs.

(3) Okay. Nothing outstanding and nothing dull.

good stuff

(4) Watching the movie was a total trip. Awesome special effects, vivid, seductive, and unforgettable images…Your adrenaline pumps non-stop!

(5) Sheesh, if the visual surreal images don't get ya, you must be psychologically damaged since you imagine the stuff all day already. :-P

overall

(4) Pretty damn good. Definitely worth seeing at full price.

(4) I rate this at least as worth seeing at full price, because it's different. It's not like formulaic movies, and it's truly trippy. Watch it for something different.


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