The Cell
The Cell
“ Enter the mind of a killer. ”
CINEMA2000-08-18
DIGITAL2000-11-24
RegionUS / DE
Runtime107 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“Tarsem Singh constructs visually dazzling, baroque dreamscapes inside the twisted subconscious of a comatose serial killer.”
Storyline
A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.
DIRECTOR / Director
塔西姆·辛
KEYWORDS
californiaschizophreniadrowningvirtual realitytherapistpsychopathfbiinvestigationhorsegoresurrealismsadomasochismserial killerdesertmind gamesubconscious
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At the threshold of fractured narratives and fevered dreams, cinema becomes a psychic ritual.
Tarsem Singh constructs visually dazzling, baroque dreamscapes inside the twisted subconscious of a comatose serial killer.
Collection: The Cell Collection
The Cell is a 2000 science fiction psychological horror film directed by Tarsem Singh in his directorial debut, and starring Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, and Vincent D'Onofrio. The film follows scientists as they use experimental technology to enter the mind of a comatose serial killer in order to locate where he has hidden his latest kidnap victim. A sequel, The Cell 2, was released direct to DVD on June 16, 2009. The story centers on The Cusp, a serial killer who murders his victims, and then brings them back to life, over and over again until they beg to die. Maya (Tessie Santiago) is a psychic investigator and surviving victim of The Cusp, whose abilities developed after spending a year in a coma. Maya must use her powers to travel into the mind of the killer unprotected, in order to save his latest victim.
