I'm a big Stephen King fan and have read many of his books, but Cell was one I had never read. When I heard of it, the concept sounded kind of neat but I just never got around to it. After seeing the movie though, maybe I was in the right not reading it.
They're some good King movies(Shawshank, Green Mile, e.t.c), and countless laugh-out-loud terrible ones. Cell is on a completely new level of crap. Clay (John Cusack) is an artist waiting at an airport to fly home to see his family. All of the sudden, everyone in the airport receives a strange sound from their phones. This turns then into crazed maniacs that know practically nothing except death. They're not technically zombies, they only beat and kill people. In all the chaos, Clay runs into Tom (Samuel L. Jackson). The two decide to stick together to find Clay's family.
The only redeeming thing about this movie is the acting is just barely passable.
Most things in this movie just make 0 sense. Clay's paintings of a man who is basically a prophet is the guy behind all of the chaos which they never explain. The crazed people are only active in the day, and at night they recharge just by laying there. You can't expect the audience to just understand what's going on just by one piece of dialogue.
THE CGI AND EFFECTS SUCK SO BAD, MY STICKY NOTE BALL ANIMATION LOOKS MORE REALISTIC THAN THIS GARBAGE! How were these effects allowed! The first 10 minutes a plane crashes and it is the absolute worst! It looked like it ran at 15 fps. It's inexcusable and makes me regret being born.
In the end is it the worst movie ever?: No. Is it one of THE WORST Stephen King movies?: YES TIMES TEN. And with all the terrible King movies, that's saying a lot.
They're some good King movies(Shawshank, Green Mile, e.t.c), and countless laugh-out-loud terrible ones. Cell is on a completely new level of crap. Clay (John Cusack) is an artist waiting at an airport to fly home to see his family. All of the sudden, everyone in the airport receives a strange sound from their phones. This turns then into crazed maniacs that know practically nothing except death. They're not technically zombies, they only beat and kill people. In all the chaos, Clay runs into Tom (Samuel L. Jackson). The two decide to stick together to find Clay's family.
The only redeeming thing about this movie is the acting is just barely passable.
Most things in this movie just make 0 sense. Clay's paintings of a man who is basically a prophet is the guy behind all of the chaos which they never explain. The crazed people are only active in the day, and at night they recharge just by laying there. You can't expect the audience to just understand what's going on just by one piece of dialogue.
THE CGI AND EFFECTS SUCK SO BAD, MY STICKY NOTE BALL ANIMATION LOOKS MORE REALISTIC THAN THIS GARBAGE! How were these effects allowed! The first 10 minutes a plane crashes and it is the absolute worst! It looked like it ran at 15 fps. It's inexcusable and makes me regret being born.
In the end is it the worst movie ever?: No. Is it one of THE WORST Stephen King movies?: YES TIMES TEN. And with all the terrible King movies, that's saying a lot.