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List Price: $12.98 Our Price: $8.99 You Save: $3.99 Features • Closed-captioned • Color • Dolby • DVD-Video • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : 2000 DVD Release : 19 December, 2000 |
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The Cell (New Line Platinum Series) description Schizoid serial killer Carl Stargher (Vincent D'Onofrio) has been captured at last, but a neurological seizure has rendered him comatose, and FBI agent Peter Novak (Vince Vaughan) has no way to determine the location of Stargher's latest and still-living victim. To probe the secrets contained in Stargher's traumatized psyche, the FBI recruits psychologist Catherine Deane (Jennifer Lopez), who has mastered a new technology that allows her to enter the mind of another person. What she finds in Stargher's head is a theater of the grotesque, which, as envisioned by first-time director Tarsem Singh, is a smorgasbord of the surreal that borrows liberally from the Brothers Quay, Czech animator Jan Svankmajer, Hieronymous Bosch, Salvador Dali, and a surplus of other cannibalized sources. This provides one of the wildest, weirdest visual feasts ever committed to film, and The Cell earns a place among such movie mind-trips as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Altered States, What Dreams May Come, and Un Chien Andalou. Is this a good thing? Sure, if all you want is freakazoid eye-candy. If you're looking for emotional depth, substantial plot, and artistic coherence, The Cell is sure to disappoint. The pop-psychology pablum of Mark Protosevich's screenplay would be laughable if it weren't given such somber significance, and Singh's exploitative use of sadomasochistic imagery is repugnant (this movie makes Seven look tame), so you're better off marveling at the nightmare visions that are realized with astonishing potency. The Cell is too shallow to stay in your head for long, but while it's there, it's one hell of a show. --Jeff Shannon |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | One of the most visually amazing movies ever made (4.5 stars) |
| This is up there as one of my favorite movies of all time. As with many of my reviews i'll skip the plot since this is a heavily reviewed movie and you've probably read what it's about.
The reason this is one of my all time favorites is simple. It's not because of the plot, although the plot is still interesting. Maybe a bit over the top but necessary to bring out the meat of this film. It's not because of the acting, although Jennifer Lopez does a decent job and Vincent D'Onofrio is simply spectacular. Let me also add that Lopez was well cast because she makes the "dream world" look that much better. The reason I love this film so much is the amazing visuals, costumes, and set designs. Every scene in the "dream world" is simply breathtaking. Images that stick with you for some time after viewing this movie. The makeup and costumes on Vincent and how they constantly changes are fantastic. The effects still look good today. |
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