Cellular Movie Review 2004

Efficient little thriller wastes no time. Science teacher Jessica Martin (Basinger) is kidnapped and locked in a grungy attic. Head bad guy Ethan (Statham) smashes the wall phone but Jessica hears a dial tone and manages to connect the wires and randomly gets the cell phone of beach bum Ryan (Evans), who naturally thinks it's a prank. Finally convinced, Ryan also figures out if he loses the call, the lady is lost, which leads to a number of realistic obstacles as he races to warn her husband and son, who are also targets. Veteran actor Macy plays veteran LAPD desk sergeant Mooney, who's about to retire when this case lands in his lap. The story is by Larry Cohen, who was also into phones as the screenwriter of 2002's "Phone Booth."

Distribution

New Line Home Video, 116 N. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (310)854-5811, Fax: (310)854-1824, URL: http://www.newline.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 94 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Psycho-Thriller, Adventure Drama, Race Against Time, Impending Retirement, Phone Terror, Kidnapped!

Screenplay

Larry Cohen, Chris Morgan

Cast

Kim Basinger, Chris Evans, Jason Statham, Eric Christian Olsen, Matt McColm, Noah Emmerich, William H. Macy, Brendan Kelly, Caroline Aaron, Richard Burgi, Rick Hoffman, Eric Etebari, Adam Taylor Gordon, Jessica Biel

Cinematography

Gary Capo

Director

David R. Ellis

Music

John Ottman

Other

Louise Gagne, Eric A. Sears, Domenic Silvestri, Christopher Lawrence, Jaymes Hinkle

Producer

Dean Devlin, Lauren Lloyd, Electric Entertainment, New Line Cinema