The Cell 2 (2009)

Wow! Such a good movie.

Simply A Masterpiece

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

A very loose and disappointing sequel to The Cell, Cell 2 stars a Sandra Bullock lookalike as a clairvoyant on the trail of a serial killer named The Cusp. Fifteen minutes into the movie and we know who the killer is. Shot on no budget, this Utah-lensed video makes little effort in the special effects department, in stark contrast to The Cell with its operatic sets and imaginative use of CGI. So it's pretty much a standard criminal pursuit film, and the truth is one can get more kick out of an episode of TV's Criminal Intent. Toward the end, for a few seconds, we get to see our clairvoyant heroine all gussied up. And I must admit I wouldn't mind spending a little time with her. But she is no Jennifer Lopez (or Sandra Bullock) in the acting department, at least not here. Frank Whaley costars.

"The Cell 2" had a lot of potential. It's a follow-up to a modern cult classic.The plot sounds very interesting. I mean, it deals with a special FBI unit that is after a dangerous serial killer. This special unit applies supernatural elements to discover what the killer is thinking and what's going to be his next move.Well, it soon gets dull and predictable. You will know who the real villain is without a single problem.The gore is not so bad and the torture instruments are just okay. It was very inspired by the "Saw" movies but without the necessary punch.Everything solves in the classic cat and mouse chase and then the result is a mediocre direct to video effort. I would only recommend it for those of b-movie hunger that enjoy cops with supernatural strategies. Otherwise, skip it! Tess Santiago has a golden ass. That should be a positive thing about this movie.

To be honest this film has a great concept but unfortunately it was not very well executed, with the exception of Frank Whaley the rest of the cast never played their parts very well, the female lead only played her part well when she was striking sexy poses towards the end of the film and the rest of the cast mostly gave stone face performances but if it were not for the concept alone this would be the worst movie ever made.Being a sequel it bares virtually nothing in common with the first film starring Jennifer Lopez, although J-Lo makes a cameo appearance at the beginning of the film in the form of a clip from the first film, it follows its own storyline about a psychic FBI woman who teams up with a town sheriff to track down a killer that kills his victims and then revives them again.On the plus side I won't be begging for my 90 minutes back but I won't go out of my way to recommend this film even though it does have a great concept, however its mainly the bad acting that ruins it.

The movie The Cell had impressed me with its imaginative visual effects,and at the same time,it had bored me with its story,which made us to swallow an absurd premise.On that film,director Tarsem Singh had shown talent on the visual aspect,but he had also shown inability for getting an adequate rhythm and tone to complement the story.Now,9 years later,we have the disastrous sequel of that film.But,on this sequel,we unfortunately do not have Singh's visual creativity,so the final experience is even more boring than the first film.Actress Tessie Santiago could be politely described as a mediocre actress; however,I dare to speculate that she was not hired because of her doubtful level of talent,but because her face is like a combination between Jennifer López (the main actress from the original film) and Eva Longoria.The producers from this film may have thought that hiring Santiago to work on this movie would be an attractive element to the Latin spectators.Whatever the case is,she brings a very mediocre performance.Replacing Singh as a director,we now have Tom Iacofano,who has directed episodes from series like Smallville,24 and Supernatural.His "direction" in this movie is disastrous on every single aspect.The parts on which his horrible work is most noticed is on the sequences which are set inside the mind of killer for many aspects but mainly,because they seem to be extracts from an 80's video-clip,for the extremely poor visual style.Iacofano's laziness on his work is absolutely insulting for the spectator.The Cell 2 is pure and absolute rubbish,and it is so bad that all the copies from this "film" should be burnt on fire.The only reason I do not rate this movie with a 1 is because the sequence on the helicopter near the end provoked a few accidental laughs on me.