Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
John Cusack | ... | Clay Riddell | |
Samuel L. Jackson | ... | Tom McCourt | |
Isabelle Fuhrman | ... | Alice Waxman | |
Clark Sarullo | ... | Sharon Riddell | |
Ethan Andrew Casto | ... | Johnny Riddell | |
Owen Teague | ... | Jordan | |
Stacy Keach | ... | Charles Ardai | |
Joshua Mikel | ... | Raggedy | |
Anthony Reynolds | ... | Ray Huizenga | |
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Erin Elizabeth Burns | ... | Denise Link |
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Jeff Hallman | ... | Hog-Tied Man (as Jeffrey Hallman) |
Mark Ashworth | ... | Bartender | |
Wilbur Fitzgerald | ... | Geoff | |
Catherine Dyer | ... | Sally | |
E. Roger Mitchell | ... | Roscoe |
When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, it starts a murderous epidemic of epic proportions when users become bloodthirsty creatures, and a group of people in New England are among the survivors to deal with the ensuing chaos after. Written by mystic80
I am not a purist when it comes to adaptations, and I didn't hate this, at the same time I didn't love it.
It almost would've worked better as a miniseries.
Cell is a quasi zombie story by Stephen King, circa 2005, it's basically the thing Kirkman ripped off while developing The Walking Dead. The novel is a lumbering, melancholy at and times humorous take on the zombie genre and the mass market emergence of mobile communication devices.
The filmmakers do their damnedest at placing it into a modern timeframe, but it's almost too well adapted. While I'm not against changes and remakes, they almost would've been better off just sticking to the material and going all in.
Either way, I don't hate, it's just that the noncommittal to either the source material or the new take left the movie in a sort of state of limbo.
Overall, I'm glad I saw the film, I just wish it was willing to pick a side and just run with it.