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The Cell [DVD] [2000]

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Actors: Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio, Colton James, Dylan Baker
Directors: Tarsem Singh
Writers: Mark Protosevich
Producers: Carolyn Manetti, Donna Langley, Eric McLeod, Julio Caro, Mark Protosevich
Format: Anamorphic, PAL
Language English
Subtitles: English
Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: 18
Studio: Entertainment in Video
DVD Release Date: 12 Mar 2001
Run Time: 104 minutes

Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)

ASIN: B000057J6S
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,283 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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 traumatised 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 theatre 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 cannibalised 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 sombre significance, and Singh's exploitative use of sadomasochistic imagery is repugnant (this movie makes Seven look tame), so you are better off marvelling at the nightmare visions that are realised 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.

On the DVD Sounding more like a stand-up comedian than a serious filmmaker in his feature-length commentary, director Tarsem Singh (a veteran of glossy TV commercials and music videos) clearly reveals that dazzling visuals took priority over plot and character in The Cell. This emphasis is echoed throughout the DVD's bonus features, especially in a featurette "tribute" to Singh by primary members of his creative team. While the deleted scenes are interesting, they add nothing to the finished film, so it's easy to see why they were deleted. Detailed examination of the film's special effects offers a first-rate primer on the state of the art of digital imagery. To lend an air of scientific credibility to the film's basic premise, a brain map and "empathy test" are included, inviting viewers to take a multiple-choice quiz to determine their level of empathy and compassion toward other human beings. (The lower your score, presumably, the more you have in common with serial killers.) --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

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DVD Special Features (TO BE CONFIRMED):

Commentary by director Tarsem Singh
Examination of the film's special effects, production design, make-up and costumes
A profile of the director by his production team
Deleted scenes
Brain map and empathy test
Widescreen anamorphic format

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Cell for that Inner Self, 30 April 2008

By	Zadius Sky - See all my reviews

I recently saw this rather disturbing film, and it is also very interesting, scary, and shocking. It is almost twisted and dark if you plan on going into the mind of a serial killer. And, it is most certainly like going into the world of surreal and twisted sense of reality to which you have to break through to find the answers. Personally, I think this movie is an interesting look at one's twisted mind to which there are two "selves:" a wounded child (inner self) and an evil predator (false self).

While I think the acting on Lopez's and Vaughn's parts were good considering, the story and the depiction of how the mind works when a inner self was suppressed and a false self took over was very interesting and it has some harsh truth to it: it can happen in real life where one do not have control over oneself.

"The Cell" is a great title for this movie as it shows a prison for that inner self (a wounded child) while the false self controls everything.

It is really good film to watch, in my personal opinion.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Visually Mesmerizing and Graphic film!, 14 Jan 2001

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The Cell is a director's film. It is extravagant and imaginative, bold in its use of color and textures captured by the lens. The subject explores the deep recesses of the mind of a serial killer and in doing so, takes liberties with the real and unreal. The end result is a fantastic cinema tapestry that would delight any artist. The movie is an interesting hybrid of genres. It's part science fiction, part crime story and part psychological thriller. Jennifer Lopez is Catherine Deane, a child psychologist working for an experimental research facility whose techniques involve mental teleportation, allowing doctor and patient to interface in the subconscious realm. Quirky indeed, but great food for sci-fi thought in our current cyber age. The premise allows for free artistic reign put to good use by Tarsem. Vincent D'Onofrio plays Carl Stargher, the psychotic killer who drowns his female victims in a cell chamber before transforming them into dolls to fulfill his sadistic fantasies... Stargher is captured early in the film but a coma prevents him from disclosing the whereabouts of his latest victim to the FBI team, led by Vince Vaughn. The imagery in costume, makeup and set design is both ornate and horrific in the mind sequences, making footage of the real world drab in comparison. The colors are lush and surreal and at times, I suspected David Lynch to be somewhere behind the scenes. Many visual comparisons could be made to Twin Peaks or the X-Files or other contemporary works that explore the dark forces of the unknown. The acting is secondary to production in this picture (with the exception of D'Onofrio). Stand here. Do this. Say this. The actors are just along for the ride on this one, although I will say that this is one vehicle that seems to fit Lopez to perfection as it magnifies the actress's dual persona of sultry woman and haut-couture diva. Since most of the compelling drama occurs in the mental realm, it is difficult to find much fault in the plot. After all, how can you critique imagination? The Cell is a visually mesmerizing and graphic film, intended for mature audiences.

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2.0 out of 5 stars AN ELEVATION OF FORM OVER SUBSTANCE..., 1 Dec 2002

By	Lawyeraau (Balmoral Castle) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)

This review is from: The Cell [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The movie starts out promisingly enough. FBI agents are on the hunt for a bizarre serial killer, well acted by Vincent D'Onofrio, who kidnaps his victims and then, while they are still alive, puts them into a giant water tank that, after a certain timed interval, slowly begins to fill up with water, until the inevitable occurs.

The FBI ultimately apprehends the serial killer just after he kidnaps his last victim, but not before he has stashed his victim in an unknown location. Before the FBI can pry from him information as to the victim's whereabouts, the killer eludes them mentally by going into a total catatonic state out of which he cannot be induced. The police are at a loss as to the location of the water tank where the last victim has been presumably stashed and time is ticking. They have no way of verbally communicating with the killer in his catatonic state.

Enter psychologist Catherine Deane, into which role Jennifer Lopez is woefully miscast. Ms. Deane apparently has the ability to enter the mind of another person through the aid of a newly developed and experimental technology. She agrees to enter the mind of this deranged, sado-masochistic serial killer in an effort to probe his mental recesses for a clue as to where the victim may be, so as to aid the FBI in locating his last victim and, hopefully, snatching her from the jaws of death.

Ms. Lopez sleep walks through her role and, while looking stunningly beautiful at all times, demonstrates the acting ability of an amoeba. Anyone who has seen her in the title role in the film, "Selena" knows that she is capable of much more. For whatever reason, she seems to have been persuaded that speaking in a monotone and gazing into the distance connotes intelligence and depth. Wrong!

Moreover, while the imagery in the film is visually stunning and, oftentimes, quite beautiful, almost Dali-esque in its conception and execution, it cannot carry and sustain the film, when the plot and story line thin out. What starts off promisingly enough, ultimately, falls flat. The film turns out to be just an unfortunate elevation of form over substance. The end result is that the movie fails to deliver.

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2.0 out of 5 stars LOST FOR WORDS
This was one of those films you watch, switch the TV off and then wonder where the last two hours went. Read more

Published on 26 Oct 2007 by Nevs

4.0 out of 5 stars Too schizophrenic to be honest
To bring the mind of a serial killer, in that instance an extreme case of schizophrenia, to the front of the screen or the investigation to be able to save the last kidnapped... Read more

Published on 30 Aug 2007 by Jacques COULARDEAU

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, one of my favourites
Contrary to magazine, newspaper and TV reviews, and the quotes printed all over the DVD packaging, this is not all about Jenniffer Lopez dressing sexy and pouting... Read more

Published on 16 Aug 2007 by Simon Daultrey

3.0 out of 5 stars Visual Spectacle of Dark
I can't help but notice how many reviews rant at how bad the acting was. I don't understand how you could pay attention to the acting of a film so wierd and in your face... Read more

Published on 17 May 2007 by PyroSikTh

3.0 out of 5 stars Over-hyped?
After hearing that this film was a visual feast, featured a complex plot and was genuinely disturbing, I just had to see it.

I was quite disappointed. Read more

Published on 29 April 2006 by Ezec

4.0 out of 5 stars Startling glimpse of a psychotic subsconscious
Although "The Cell" is far from perfect, I think the previous reviews are far too negative. Read more

Published on 10 April 2006 by T. D. Welsh

3.0 out of 5 stars Too much in the way of SFX and not enough in way of acting
Make no mistake about it: The Cell is a visual feast, full of superb SFX, dark and depressing imagery, etc. Unfortunately, it's abit lacking when it comes to the acting. Read more

Published on 15 April 2005

2.0 out of 5 stars split
I already saw this movie before and kind of liked it then, mainly because the magnificent Vincent D'Onofrio is part of it. This time I fell asleep somewhere in the middle. Read more

Published on 15 Dec 2004 by Chris Vertonghen

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and terrible
This is one of those films that can leave you with actual psychological damage. I started watching this one evening and only got through the first half hour before turning it... Read more

Published on 21 Aug 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Horrifying and Heartbreaking
This film uses a low key style and horrifying images of a shattered mind to create a suspenseful and thoughtful thriller about the effects of child abuse. Read more

Published on 11 Jan 2003

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