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Cellular
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6.4A 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.
Cast
- Kim Basinger as Jessica Martin
- Chris Evans as Ryan Hewitt
- Jason Statham as Ethan
- William H. Macy as Sgt. Bob Mooney
- Noah Emmerich as Jack Tanner
- Valerie Cruz as Dana Bayback
Themes
- police
- psychopath
- bank
- telephone
- los angeles, california
- home invasion
- cell phone
- duringcreditsstinger
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Key facts
- Directed by
- David R. Ellis
- Screenplay by
- Chris Morgan
- Story by
- Larry Cohen
- Produced by
- Dean Devlin Lauren Lloyd
- Starring
- Kim Basinger Chris Evans Jason Statham Eric Christian Olsen Noah Emmerich William H. Macy
- Cinematography
- Gary Capo
- Edited by
- Eric Sears
- Music by
- John Ottman
- Production company
- Electric Entertainment
- Distributed by
- New Line Cinema
- Release date
- September 10, 2004 ( 2004-09-10 )
- Running time
- 94 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $25 million
- Box office
- $57.7 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 94
- FilmAffinity ID
- 504918
- Official website
- www.cellularthemovie.com
- Image
- Cellular.svg
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- publication date
- 2005-02-03
- title
- Cellular
- review score
- 60/100
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Cellular is a 2004 American action thriller film directed by David R. Ellis. The film stars Kim Basinger, Chris Evans, Jason Statham, William H. Macy with Noah Emmerich, Richard Burgi, Valerie Cruz and Jessica Biel. The screenplay was written by Chris Morgan, based on a story by Larry Cohen.
The film follows a female science teacher who is kidnapped by home invaders, but manages to randomly phone a young man and call for help. The man must maintain the call for the long time, before realizing that the kidnappers are dirty cops, working for the Los Angeles Police Department. The film then follows a struggle for survival between several desperate characters.