When I saw the trailers for "Cellular", I was under the hope of seeing another thriller, on the lines of "Speed". An unknown call, an abducted woman - the plot seemed to be interesting.
However, what had a potential to be an "edge-of-the-seat" thriller, instead, turns out to be a comical or farcical ride, full of glitches and coincidences. This movie is a "popcorn fare", targeted for teenage audiences.
Nowhere in the movie can you feel the stress of Kim Bassinger. The hero seems to be enjoying his ride rather than enduring the pain of performing his moral duty. William Macy is totally wasted in an insignificant role.
It is hard to imagine that a guy is riding a car in LA violating all the rules of traffic, and not a single police is present to follow or capture him. He enters the road in wrong direction, creates a huge pile-up, and escapes scot-free. Also, there are no other police stations in his entire journey. The only police station, he manages to enter, has police who are busy chasing other trouble makers.
Once the mystery is revealed, the only curiosity remaining is how the bad guys gets punished.
Kim Basinger does a "Hollywood Meenakumari or Nirupa Roy" - she has nothing to do in the movie except crying. William Macy is more busy in his wife's beauty salon than to chase the goons. The whole story is centred around the main young guy, who has nothing to offer as far as acting or action skills are concerned.
I watched movie on the first day, in accompaniment of teenagers. And they seem to be laughing their way into the movie, rather than sympathizing with the victims.
In nutshell - avoidable. Better watch "Speed" on TV for nth time
However, what had a potential to be an "edge-of-the-seat" thriller, instead, turns out to be a comical or farcical ride, full of glitches and coincidences. This movie is a "popcorn fare", targeted for teenage audiences.
Nowhere in the movie can you feel the stress of Kim Bassinger. The hero seems to be enjoying his ride rather than enduring the pain of performing his moral duty. William Macy is totally wasted in an insignificant role.
It is hard to imagine that a guy is riding a car in LA violating all the rules of traffic, and not a single police is present to follow or capture him. He enters the road in wrong direction, creates a huge pile-up, and escapes scot-free. Also, there are no other police stations in his entire journey. The only police station, he manages to enter, has police who are busy chasing other trouble makers.
Once the mystery is revealed, the only curiosity remaining is how the bad guys gets punished.
Kim Basinger does a "Hollywood Meenakumari or Nirupa Roy" - she has nothing to do in the movie except crying. William Macy is more busy in his wife's beauty salon than to chase the goons. The whole story is centred around the main young guy, who has nothing to offer as far as acting or action skills are concerned.
I watched movie on the first day, in accompaniment of teenagers. And they seem to be laughing their way into the movie, rather than sympathizing with the victims.
In nutshell - avoidable. Better watch "Speed" on TV for nth time