Rating: R
Genre:
Thriller
Theatrical Release: 08/18/2000(USA)
Release Date: 07/07/2009
Flags: Graphic Violence, Nudity, Not For Children, Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Alliance Canada
In this science fiction thriller, child psychiatrist Catherine Deane (
Jennifer Lopez) has developed a technique that allows her to travel through the minds of her patients. When Stargher (
Vincent D'Onofrio), a multiple murderer who methodically drowns his victims and performs bizarre rituals with their bodies, falls into a coma, FBI agent Peter Novak (
Vince Vaughn) asks Deane to enter the killer's psyche, in the hope of finding a missing girl whom Stargher has kidnapped; if she's not soon found, in all likelihood she'll die in his torture cell. However, once Deane enters the bizarre world of Stargher's mind, she finds getting out to be a very difficult matter.
The Cell was the first feature from director
Tarsem, who previously made award-winning commercials and music videos, including the video for
R.E.M.'s
"Losing My Religion." The supporting cast includes
Catherine Sutherland,
Marianne Jean-Baptiste,
Dylan Baker, and
Pruitt Taylor Vince.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
;)
