

Cell
When everyone is connected no one is safe.
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $1.1M
- Language
- English
- suicide
- airport
- based on novel or book
- boston, massachusetts
- post-apocalyptic future
- drive-in theater
- murder
- cell phone
- ice cream truck
- virus
- underground tunnel
- hostile
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Digital / OTTRInternet10 Jun 2016
- TheatricalR8 Jul 2016
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1526 Aug 2016
AustraliaAU
- PhysicalMA15+14 Jul 2016
CanadaCA
- Theatrical (limited)R6 Jul 2016
BrazilBR
- Digital / OTT16Streaming1 Dec 2016
DenmarkDK
- Physical151 Aug 2016
FranceFR
- Digital / OTT14 Sept 2016
GermanyDE
- Physical16DVD12 Jan 2017
IrelandIE
- Digital / OTT1526 Aug 2016
ItalyIT
- Theatrical13 Jul 2016
JapanJP
- TheatricalPG1217 Feb 2017
NetherlandsNL
- Digital / OTT16Pathé Thuis24 Jun 2016
- Physical16DVD22 Jul 2016
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Cell was released on 6 July 2016.
Audience reviews
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iamnotapixel
6/11/2016
This is another example of a Stephen King novel that has not translated well into film. It's the usual 'bogey man' from nowhere who gets inside you head and dreams, sent to create mayhem and destruction against the human race, who are being turned into crazed killers by a mysterious signal from their mobile phones! One man (Cusack) in search of his son, thinks he can save humanity! The story line seems random…
- G3/10
Gimly
2/6/2017
I've never read _Cell_, so I'm not sure if this is an accurate adaptation of a bad Stephen King book, or just another inaccurate adaptation of a Stephen King book. But either way, it's bad. For a decent Cusack/Jackson team up in a King adaptation, just watch 1408. Final rating:★½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid if possible.
- J3/10
John Chard
2/21/2017
Brain Cell or Brain Drain? Well I haven't read the book but I like Stephen King, I like John Cusack and I like Samuel Jackson, so Cell seemed like a good choice for a late night cerebral chiller. How far off was I? As it happens, very! Suddenly cell phones are turning the populace into crazed homicidal maniacs, a small band of survivors try to stay alive and figure out what is going on... It starts off promi…
- R4/10
r96sk
3/24/2022
Very poor, despite the presence of John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson. <em>'Cell'</em> is basically <em>'<a href="https://letterboxd.com/film/land-of-the-dead/" rel="nofollow">Land of the Dead</a>'</em> without the proper zombies, at least that's what this 2016 flick kept reminding me of. That George A. Romero film is good, this Tod Williams release is not. It's a mess throughout and lacks any tension, freshness or…
- G7/10
gigoran
11/20/2022
After seeing the rotten tomatoes score I felt the need to come and rate this here. Is it the best movie in the world? No. Is it the worst? Heck no! For a movie straight to DVD and a low budget, it gets by well with 2 well known lead actors. The story itself is an original idea I have not seen before in a horror movie. It may be labeled as a horror, but there are no real scares. More of a thriller. I'm not a professio…
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