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What Awful Sadist Demanded A Sequel To The Cell?

Charlie Jane Anders — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:30:00 PDT

Psychic detective Maya goes inside a killer's mind... only to see an image of the killer, in the real world, injecting her with something nasty, in The Cell 2. "Nooooooooo!" She screams. Maybe she's watching the same movie we are.

Who demanded a sequel to Tarsem Singh's The Cell? Whoever it was, he or she is even more sadistic than The Cusp, the serial killer/paramedic who keeps bringing his victims to the brink of death and then reviving them. It's mostly standard torture porn, only with the same psychic crap as the first movie. And there's this great snippet, where the serial killer turns her psychic powers back on her, using them to destroy her childhood memories somehow.

The Cell 2 came out on DVD a couple of days ago, so you know what you have to do.

Cell 2: This Time With Less Talent

Meredith Woerner — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:00:00 PDT

The Cell is worth watching purely for D'Onofrio's insanity, the J-Lo-is-your-slave moment, and the beautiful/creepy overall feel. You'd expect the sequel to try to deliver at least one of those elements, but no...see for yourself.

Quiet Earth uncovered this terrible trailer for The Cell 2, which seems to have been filmed on a green screen in somebody's basement.

Cell 2

The official synopsis is:

The Cusp is a serial killer who kills his victims and then brings them back to life; over and over again; until they beg to die! Maya is a psychic investigator who gained her powers after a 1 year coma after she was the Cusp's first victim! Now the Cusp Killer is back and Maya has little time to do what she has never done before, go into the mind of a killer unprotected, and save his latest victim.

It will be out on June 23.

Dive into the Brains of More Psychos in The Cell 2

Meredith Woerner — Tue, 27 May 2008 08:40:00 PDT

Cell 2, the straight-to-DVD movie, is supposed to hit shelves around October 14, according to Shock Till You Drop. Unfortunately, Jennifer Lopez will not be reprising her role as a emotionally attached, mind-invading child psychologist, nor will crazy intestine-pulling Vincent D'Onofrio reappear. Instead, there's a whole new ball of crazy.

The new leading character is Maya, brought to life by Tessie Santiago (Old School), and Frank Whaley (Field of Dreams) joins her as a character named Duncan. This Cell follows a serial killer named The Cusp who kills his victims and then brings them back to life over and over again until they beg for their own demise. Maya is a past Cusp victim, who was forced into a coma because of his brutal torture. Maya has to enter Cuspy's brain in order to save his other victims. Although the plot sounds promising, you have to wonder if the reason the original Cell was good was due to the surreal settings, or the fact that Vincent D'Onofiro completely sold the role as crazed-horn god. Sadly this movie will probably have neither. [Shock Till You Drop]