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Cell

When everyone is connected no one is safe.

2016 · 1h 38m · R Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by Tod Williams

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Overview

When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, it starts a murderous epidemic of epic proportions when users become bloodthirsty creatures, and a group of people in New England are among the survivors to deal with the ensuing chaos after.

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11%
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Rotten

What makes this movie about a zombie attack different from any other movie about a zombie attack? Nothing but its ineptitude.

Owen Gleiberman, Variety
Rotten

The concept of humankind turning into one enormous mobile hotspot for use by an evil mastermind has legs. It's too bad Cell cuts the idea off at the knees.

Odie Henderson, RogerEbert.com
Rotten

Even if it weren't cheap-looking and dreary, "Cell" would still be hobbled by an entertainment landscape already lousy with zombies, and a hive-mind premise that - at least metaphorically - has been all but realized.

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Rotten

Even King's commentary on how cyber-connectivity breeds brainlessness feels shoehorned-in - mostly limited to a few lines from a snooty private-school administrator played by Stacy Keach.

Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times
Rotten

Not a polished work of filmmaking. Some of the nighttime scenes are so poorly lit it's difficult to tell what's happening. The editing is ragged and adds to the confusion. More than a few of the supporting performances are embarrassingly amateurish.

Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times

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