Cellular Reviews

I wasn't sure what to expect from this flick but since there was a pretty cool cast, I thought I should check it out. Usually, I don't really care much for such thrillers with a really far-fetched plot but, I have to admit it, I really liked this one. I mean, the whole thing was really preposterous, that's for sure, but the makers managed to keep it somehow a little bit realistic (in my opinion, even if it was really unlikely, everything happening in this movie could happen in real life, at least, that's how it felt for me) and there was a pretty good suspense during the whole thing. On top of that, there was indeed a pretty nice cast (Kim Basinger, Chris Evans, Jason Statham, William H. Macy) and they all delivered some decent performances. If I remember correctly, it was the first movie starring Chris Evans that I saw and, back in those days, he was already quite charismatic. Again, usually, I really don't care much about this kind of US thrillers. I mean, they are usually well made and rather entertaining but they are also usually quite idiotic especially with their annoying endings filled with ridiculous twist. Still, even though, this time again, the whole thing was pretty far-out, I actually have a weak spot for this one and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

Really greatest suspense ever. ,totally underrated. Best role of basinger and statham as usually coldas ice
Nice flick to just forger a crappy day at the office

It was.. just watchable. Only just, I mean I survived watching the whole movie somehow, not that it was at all entertaining.

The plot was one of the stupidest I have ever seen. I mean really, it was. Here it is if you want to know why. Basically this woman [Kim Basinger] was kidnapped from her home, and the kidnappers threaten to take her son next. This, by the way, all happened because her husband had footage on his camera of the kidnappers killing 2 people. So, they put the woman in a basement and smash the only phone in there that was connected. When they leave her, she puts a few wires together and suddenly the phone works for her, amazing eh? She gets through to a young guy, maybe in his early twenties, and convinces him that she has been kidnapped and for him to go to the police and take up "10 minutes of his day" to help her. So much for ten minutes - what follows is just a huge mess. The whole time he has no proof that she is actually kidnapped, and yet he goes to all sorts of measures like stealing cars and threatening to shoot people. He even goes to her sons school to try and save him, I mean he could have been anywhere in the world but coincidentally he is close enough to go there. And he even tries to beat the kidnappers to the airport to get her husband, with no plan of stopping them. You guessed right about the happy ending. This plot was just stupid and your left the whole time thinking about stuff he could easily do to help her rather than trying to save them all by himself. Sometimes in these movies they have an ex-cop or something that is the main character and saving everyone, but the one in this one described as childish and immature? How can they expect someone like that to do those things?

The acting was embarrassing for pretty much everyone. I guess Jason Statham played his part okay, he was the main reason I chose this in the first place. But Kim Basinger? Chris Evans? The acting from them was crap beyond belief, it was as if they were just saying it and showed no emotion from the characters.

The verdict is that I really, really wouldn't recommend you see this.