Cellular; Speed Dial; Evans Puts His Life On Hold and Races Against the Clock to Save a Stranger in This Hit-or-Miss Thriller
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When veteran screenwriter Larry Cohen comes upon an idea that sells, he sticks with it. He came up with the premise for Phone Booth, the 2003 thriller in which a psycho traps Colin Farrell in a Manhattan pay phone. Now he's collaborated with director David R. Ellis on Cellular, a thriller in which psychos trap Kim Basinger in an attic and her survival hinges on a stranger she's able to contact. Anyone care to bet Cohen's not banging out a thriller about email or pagers this very moment? I can see the poster now: "Vin Diesel reaches out and saves someone in Beeper."
The idea in this one is, Basinger's a high school science teacher whose Brentwood mansion is invaded one morning by violent thugs who shoot her maid and take her hostage. Once they've stashed her in an old attic, it becomes clear the gang wants something from her husband and intends to use her to get it. There's a wall phone in the attic, and the bad guys wait until after Basinger's arrival to smash it with a baseball bat. If they had simply removed it in advance, it turns out, nothing that follows in the film could have occurred.Next it's back into his Jeep and off to pick up Basinger's little boy at school before the bad guys can. Wouldn't you know it: He gets a low battery reading and is forced to make a pit stop at a mobile-phone store to pick up a charger. And wouldn't you know it: The clerks are condescending and the lines are out the door. By this point, though, Evans is driving a stolen car and has found a handgun in the glove compartment. Nothing like firearms to get you a little courteous service.See the full content of this document
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Cellular; Speed Dial; Evans Puts His Life On Hold and Races Against the Clock to Save a Stranger in This Hit-or-Miss Thriller
When veteran screenwriter Larry Cohen comes upon an idea that sells, he sticks with it. He came up with the premise for Phone Booth, the 2003 thriller in which a psycho traps Colin Farrell in a Manhattan pay phone. Now he's collaborated with director David R. Ell...
See the full content of this document
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