Cell Count
Cell Count
NR | 20 May 2012 (USA)
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Russell Carpenter reluctantly admits his wife Sadie into an experimental treatment facility for her life threatening disease. While locked in this prison like surrounding they, along with 6 others, are unknowingly subjected to a cure that might just be worse than the disease itself

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GazerRise

Fantastic!

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Lidia Draper

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

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Roxie

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

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Walter Sloane

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

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kinkerbel

This movie really reminds me off the nuclear testing that was done in the post- world war era. Countries like Russia did many nuclear testing in populated areas. To this day these areas have very high miscarriage rate. Luckily overall the effects were a lot less severe than they could be. It is still scary to see what government is capable off. Another parallel that could be drawn here is that of the Nazi era with doctor Von Mengelen, that did very cruel tests on the Jews.This movie actually shows what "could" happen if things go wrong. I am pretty sure that people who like to theorize on government conspiracies would love this movie. The story is told in a very interesting way, where you as a viewer are just as lost as the actors. You get dragged into the story and the thought that kept popping in my mind was , what would i do if i was there right now. The movie does this in a great way and i see myself making much of the same choices as the actors.Although i did really enjoy this movie, it feels like the director was in a hurry to finish the story. The end was extremely sloppy and it pretty much made the whole effort go to waste. The main reason is that the ending "cut" is just really weird. If they would have cut the movie 5 min earlier it would have been OK. But the direction the movie went in the end, it should have probably go on for at least 2 more hours. I think all off these issues could have been solved with a better idea of a script.+ Great use of sound effects + Great use of the sets and camera work + A story that doesn't follow the Hollywood plot - The end part of the movie is really really disappointing My suggestion would be to remake the movie and either cut it earlier, or add a second part of at least 2 hours more of movie.

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jerry veneman

A man and a woman check into a facility that offers them a cure for a mysterious plague-like disease that's ravaging the planet. But not everything is as it seems and soon they have to fight for their lives.Obviously, this movie has borrowed a lot from David Cronenberg's early films, like Rabid. But where Cronenberg's movies are worth watching because of the multiple layers of the plot, Cell Count is as flat as a pancake. It tries very hard to be something it's not.While a movie like Cube uses its low budget to its advantage, the direction and script of Cell Count are hopelessly incapable of creating any suspense at all. The unknown cast isn't half that bad, but the script gives them very little depth. Some of the dialog is seriously laughable, like the speech the doctor gives to the husband in the beginning of the movie asking him (with the usual thick German accent of every mad scientist) if he wants to see his wife die in pain and vomit or if he wants to save her. Most of the movie's events don't make any sense at all (SPOILER) like when the doctor releases a psychopath on the ward, or leaves a patient who's having an attack lying on the floor to suffer, just to study the psychological effects. Or the fact that a highly secretive facility owned by a big corporation has only one nurse and one guard. In fact, the entire movie you're waiting for the pieces of the puzzle to fit together. Except, they never do. The serious lack of humor isn't helping either.After 45 minutes, the movie seems to pick up the pace, but the director obviously thought it was a good idea to film every climactic scene in slow-motion and without sound, except for the (decent) score. After using this trick for the third time, it just gets annoying. (SPOILER): At the end of the movie, we're treated to Daniel Baldwin, who comes to save the day. And then it just ends in the middle of the story, making room for a sequel that no-one in their right mind would want to see.I gave Cell Count a chance based on the very cool movie poster that seems to be inspired by exploitation movies from the late 70's, early 80's. I should've remembered that in the early days of VHS, the covers usually promised more than they could deliver. As is the case with Cell Count. My advise: avoid this one, like the plague.

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hunterhunk

You can go for this one..! Director does well in moving story forward and building the plot, but somehow in the end its all NOT COMPLETED! I was like "is movie finished?" But heard about the Cell count 2, I hope he has answers to the question left behind. I am waiting for it.You should not expect much from director working on with grade B film; Now I don't expect director to answer all the questions (seriously), as there are some loop holes in the story and characters as well. But he has done fine job in completing movie.Some parts of the movie I just scrolled ahead to get to the more interesting stuff. Background of story seems quite intriguing. Gruesome scenes were done quite well... Considering the budget of film.

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J. Davis

First off this is my favorite sub-genre of Horror ever since the first Saw film. Any time there is people that wake up somewhere strange imprisoned by any means(medically quarantined in this case) I can't wait to watch it. What is most annoying about this is the wasted potential. They had set up a great premise for all kinds of horrible things to happen & it makes the viewer hang in there waiting to see these things but they never happen. What does happen is a bunch of 20 second scenes in no certain order that make absolutely no real sense. In the second half of the film it seems like whoever cut this dropped the scenes on the floor & just cut it in the order they landed. Of course then there is the final act that leaves the viewer with the same questions they had in the first half unanswered. They had all of the ingredients but failed to use most of them to their advantage, kind of like my cooking. If you do decide to check this out remember to keep your expectations low. 4/10

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