DVD Review: The Cell 2: Tessie Santiago, Chris Bruno, Frank Whaley, Bart Johnson, Elizabeth Barondes, Larry Filion, Charles Halford, Ben Naccarato, Amee Walden, Geno Salvatori, Tim Iacofano, Alex Barder, Kevin Kasha, Lawrence Silverstein, Marc Freitas, Michael C. Cuddy, Nancy Valle, Rob Rinow: Movies & TV

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DVD Review: The Cell 2: Tessie Santiago, Chris Bruno, Frank Whaley, Bart Johnson, Elizabeth Barondes, Larry Filion, Charles Halford, Ben Naccarato, Amee Walden, Geno Salvatori, Tim Iacofano, Alex Barder, Kevin Kasha, Lawrence Silverstein, Marc Freitas, Michael C. Cuddy, Nancy Valle, Rob Rinow: Movies & TV

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This straight-to-DVD sequel to the 2000 Jennifer Lopez picture must play its mind games without Lopez herself. But the idea’s still intact: another telepathic mind-melder (played by Tessie Santiago) is employed by the police to get into the brain of a serial killer. She’s been clinically dead six times or something, and can “see” in a way others cannot. She was herself once held by the madman, who has figured out a way to wipe his face out of her visions of his dark, torture-filled world. Where the original film directed by Tarsem (the music-video veteran and maker of The Fall) at least provided some gaudy visuals for the already-tired premise, The Cell 2 has 24 producer-director Tim Iacofano at the helm. The sense of overheated episodic television prevails, although the acting can charitably be described as beneath the level of an average TV show. (The exception is the villain, after he’s unmasked, but those kinds of roles reliably provide opportunities for mustache-twirling shenanigans.) One begins to miss the old-fashioned simplicity of a normal mad-killer movie; now you’ve got to keep straight how each scene alters the memories, or unconscious minds, or the ability to foretell things, or… see, already we’ve lost track. –Robert Horton

Product Description
THE CUSP IS A SERIAL KILLER WHO KILLS HIS VICTIMS AND THEN BRINGS THEM BACK TO LIFE OVER AND OVER AGAIN, UNTL THEY BEG TO DIE! MAYA IS A PSYCHIC INVESTIGATOR WHO GAINED HER POWERS AFTER A 1 YEAR COMA AFTER SHE WAS THE CUSPS’S FIRST VICTIM!

The Cell II makes for some stylish entertainment..!!,

By Sunshine “Susie” (California) -

I saw this sequel to The Cell last night and I was skeptical since I am a true fan of The Cell — but I actually enjoyed myself. My husband and I both thought it was pretty creepy, pretty stylish/cool looking, and just plain fun. Grab some popcorn and just enjoy this film for what it is. It won’t win an academy award, but it definitely gives some thrills and chills — definitely a fun way to spend a couple of hours…!!

Two stars for the Utah scenery…and that is it.,

By Steve Kuehl “SLV Video” (Ben Lomond, CA) -

This review is from: The Cell 2 [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

Had to give this a fair shot as The Cell is a popular long-term rental here, but the franchise will have to stop there.

Laundry list/bad: writing, editing, sound mixing, acting, dead bodies that breathe in the morgue, corny macho local cops vs: Feds, C grade effects, really bad makeup, and so on. The kicker (for those that follow all of the bad flubs regarding medical stuff in film): Our main deputy and important character later in the film says: “I used to be an EMT, I can check her pulse” and does so for three seconds with his thumb and states she’s all good. The writing was that caliber throughout.

The good: the two stars go for the beginning and end credits with those beautiful Utah mountains and salt flats in Blu clarity. Was a great promo for tourism there, but nothing else appears as relevant for testing the display or sound mixing. The supplemental documentary ran 30 minutes and wreaked of how incredible everyone was to work with. Includes some great examples of what not to say about film making and how not to be interviewed during your early acting career.

You might get some light entertainment as a rental, and I want to list all of the other things wrong with this, but I do not want to harp on it any more. Not a reference Blu, can’t recommend it.

The Cell 2 - Blu-ray Info,

By LGANS316 (Tokyo Japan) -

This review is from: The Cell 2 [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

Version: U.S.A / New Line-Warner / Region Free
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
VC-1 BD-25 / AACS / Advanced Profile 3
Running time: 1:33:19
Movie size: 20,803,559,424 bytes
Disc size: 22,723,837,642 bytes
Total bit rate: 29.72 Mbps
Average video bit rate: 22.85 Mbps

Dolby TrueHD Audio English 1711 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1711 kbps / 16-bit (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)
Dolby Digital Audio English 640 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio French 640 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio German 640 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps

Subtitles: English SDH, French, German, Spanish
Number of chapters: 20

@Behind the scenes documentary (30 minutes)
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