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By ALEXIA ARGYROU
A woman who is kidnapped
(Kim Basinger) manages to rebuild a shattered
telephone and dial the number of a man's (Chris
Evans) cell phone. She pleads for him to help her
and her family and finally manages to convince him
that this is not a prank call. Unable to enlist
the help of the police the man becomes a vigilante
of sorts committing "polite" crimes in an effort
to find her and free her.
Ever had a day like that?
The film is excruciating at times, feeding the
frustration of trying to find someone in a huge
city, a person you don't know, have no idea where
she is, and do not know why she was kidnapped. And
nobody does terrified like Kim Basinger -- by the
way, she looks great here. She plays a smart,
clever woman with the guts to survive and save her
family. Chris Evans is also convincing as a man
who at first is not interested in taking on the
responsibility of helping another person, but
quickly realizes that he is this woman's last and
best (and perhaps only) hope of survival.
In terms of extra features, the commentary track
is a disappointment. It is mainly with director
David Ellis and his daughter (she's the associate
producer) and it is not very informative. Keeping
with the film's theme, they call other crewmembers
on their cell phones, but the conversations are
often unintelligible.
Other features include several deleted and
alternate scenes, three reasonably interesting
documentaries (a making-of featurette, a look at
our obsession with communicating with each other,
and a look at the LAPD's Rampart Scandal (which
has some connections to "Cellular's" plot).
Finally, there's a theatrical trailer and a
DVD-ROM script-to-screen feature. |
