Cellular (2004)

United States of America, Germany

Action, Thriller, Drama, Crime

Electric Entertainment

Kim Basinger, Chris Evans, Jason Statham, William H. Macy, Noah Emmerich, Valerie Cruz

David R. Ellis

Larry Cohen, Chris Morgan

Taglines: If the signal dies so does she.

police, psychopath, bank, telephone, los angeles, california, home invasion, cell phone, duringcreditsstinger

A young man receives an emergency phone call on his cell phone from an older woman. She claims to have been kidnapped – and the kidnappers have targeted her husband and child next.

Reviews:

Author: Geronimo1967
This could have been so very much better if only the story had not built the entire sense of jeopardy on three or four implausibly stupid strokes of misfortune. Chris Evans is the recipient of a strange phone call from a woman (Kim Basinger) who has been kidnapped and as she is locked in an attic, she must rely on this random young man to try stop the baddies (Jason Statham etc.) from now reaching her young son and her husband on their quest for we know not what... yet! He goes to the police station but a fracas in the lobby means he cannot discuss with a detective and so must now do it all by himself... There is plenty of action, Evans has some fun in a Porsche (borrowed from Rick Hoffmann - does he ever not play a pompous ass?!) before we are on the run from a load of don't know who to trust cops of all shapes and sizes (and loyalties). Evans is good value, and William H. Macy isn't afraid to get in tough with his inner vanity; but otherwise it is a bit of a wasted opportunity for all...