Cell

Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror
Director(s): Tod Williams
Production: Saban Films
 
IMDB:
4.3
Metacritic:
38
Rotten Tomatoes:
10%
R
Year:
2016
98 min
1,712 Views


Woman on P.A.:

...terminal A of Boston

International Airport.

Transportation

between terminals...

( overlapping voices )

TSA Employee:

Take your laptop

out of your bag.

( overlapping voices

continue )

( phones ringing )

Man on P.A.:

The Boston Police

Department requests

that for your safety

and security

and per FAA regulations...

( overlapping chatter )

I'll be home in a few.

Get off in about an hour.

Space cadet, get me a...

Man on TV:

...to go in this quarter.

They need to score

on this drive.

( overlapping conversations )

Man:

Don't lie to me, okay?

You sound like

one of my kids.

Woman on P.A.:

Gate number 26.

Miss Lauren Goodwin,

please report to gate

number 26.

( buzzer sounds )

Man on TV:

Back to the huddle.

Second down and nine

from their own...

- ( phone ringing )

- ( woman speaking on P.A. )

Woman:

She's so annoying.

Elizabitch, get your

bony ass over here.

- What is going on?

- Don't hang up on her.

Woman on P.A.:

Your baggage can be claimed

at carousel number three.

Please see a gate agent...

Put security cameras

in the whole house.

- Except for the bedroom.

- ( phones ringing )

Christie wouldn't

go for that.

My pool cleaner's

even gone rogue.

No, I'm serious.

Yeah, it's jumping out

of the pool on its own.

Man on P.A.:

There is a flight 3598

to Manchester, New Hampshire.

Your gate number has been

changed to gate A6.

The flight will depart

on time at 4:
15 P.M.

Passengers on flight 3598

to Manchester, New Hampshire,

your gate number

has been changed...

( phone ringing )

- Woman:
Hello?

- Hey, it's me.

Just got off the plane.

What are you doing?

What am I doing?

I'm picking up

Johnny at school.

I'm getting a sitter

from the bus stop.

Going back

to the lab because we got

completely slammed.

Sharon, they made an offer.

A big, big offer.

For all the rights

to "Night Traveler."

We're talking about

graphic platforms,

virtual reality,

algorithms,

interface user stuff,

I don't know.

That's amazing, Clay.

Congratulations.

Yeah.

Well, you know,

it's a big deal, yeah.

So are you going out

to celebrate tonight?

Celebrate?

Celebrate, no.

Yeah, this is

a big night for you.

I just assumed you'd want

to celebrate with someone.

Not really.

So you're not

with someone?

No. No.

There's nobody.

Hey, is that Dad?

Can I talk to him?

( beeps )

- Hi, Dad.

- Hey, buddy.

- How you doing?

- We did the parachute

drill today.

- Yeah.

- You put a little

parachute on your bat.

I swear, my swing is like

100 times faster.

That's great.

Are you coming home?

Yeah, yeah, soon.

- I just want

you to come home.

- Ah, sh*t.

( woman speaking over P.A. )

( phones ringing )

( overlapping conversations )

( ringing )

Hi, Shar, it's me.

Yeah, I ran out of juice.

Listen, there's a flight

to Manchester that leaves

in about an hour.

Clay, you've been gone

for over a year.

I love you,

but it's not that simple.

I'd like to see my son.

- Sh*t.

- Operator:
Your time is up.

- I need more money. Hold on.

- Please deposit--

( man screaming )

( groaning )

- ( screaming )

- ( people shouting )

- ( high-pitched whine )

- ( men screaming )

- ( people screaming )

- What's wrong with you?

Stop it!

( growling )

Get off him!

What are you doing?

Get off!

( groaning )

( growling )

Get off of her!

( girl screaming )

( screaming )

Stop that!

Woman:

Go! Go! Go!

( screaming )

Oh, my God, Chloe.

Hey, hey, hey,

don't touch her.

- I'm not gonna touch her.

- She might be contagious.

I need to call 911, though.

- ( dials )

- Hello? Hello?

( dog whining )

( growling )

( laughing )

( growls )

( screams )

Let me see

your goddamn hands!

Get your hands in the air!

( gunshots )

Why'd you do that?

What, are you gonna

shoot everybody?

- What the hell is happening?

- Who the hell knows?

- Quick, let's go.

- Don't use your cell phone.

- Why?

- They did.

( screams )

( alarm blaring )

- Woman:
Help me!

- ( gunshots )

( people screaming )

( gunshots continue )

( panting )

( man screaming )

( jet engine roaring )

( men snarling )

( snarling continues )

( growling )

( people groaning )

No, no, no.

Bro, stop, he's normal.

Hey, hey, hey!

Come on.

Let's go, bro.

Bro, come on.

- ( explosion )

- Don't use your

cell phones.

Man:
We've been trying,

but we can't get a signal

down here.

We need to get out

of this airport right now

before it burns to the ground.

Man:

Get out of here?

We ain't going nowhere.

Is there a driver

on this train?

- That'd be me.

- Clay:
Can we leave?

- No.

- Man:
Oh, no.

Central shut down

the power, emergency

brakes came up,

and this train can't

move more than 50 feet.

- Sh*t.

- ( explosions )

- We could walk.

- Woman:
Walk?

Man:
Walk?

Ain't nobody walking.

- What did you say?

- We could walk.

I got maps of the system

and I got all

the maintenance tunnels

with the exits marked.

We can walk

right out of here.

That's a brilliant idea.

You're my new best friend.

- What are you gonna do when

the T starts running again?

- Let's go.

You don't want to come,

you don't got to come.

I don't care.

You guys are idiots.

We're safe right here.

Only if this lasts less

than 24 hours.

- What do you mean?

- The groundwater.

The sewage workers

pump out the groundwater.

If nobody's

manning the pumps,

whole system floods.

All of this

will be underwater.

You'll be forced

into the terminal

or back out in the streets.

And if Boston is still

burning or if what he's

saying is true...

Man:
Don't listen to him.

We're not gonna be down

here that long.

- Do you want to stay here

or do you want to go?

- It's gonna blow over.

- These things always do.

- Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.

Can I come with you?

- I'm not gonna stop you.

- Yo, awesome. Deuces, man.

- You don't even know him.

- Adios.

Teenager:

You think this is happening

everywhere or just here?

Driver:

We'll know

in a little while.

We lose power,

means it's happening

everywhere.

Nobody's manning

the power stations.

Probably running

for their lives like us.

Wonder how many folks

were on those things

when it happened.

A lot.

Too many.

Like everybody.

And those that didn't

get it the first time

got zapped

when they tried to call

911 or their families.

Hmm.

I'm Tom McCourt,

by the way.

Clay Riddell.

Good to know you.

Mike Mattick.

They call me

DJ Liquid.

- Keep moving.

- Tom:
DJ.

I got to get to Kent Pond.

My family is up there.

I've got a wife and son.

You know, in New Hampshire.

Kent Pond?

You got anybody

you need to check on?

- I got my boo.

- Did you say "my boo"?

- Yeah, what you got, huh?

- Come on, come on.

My man, he done left me,

so I ain't got nobody.

I live alone.

( phone chimes )

Yo, I got service.

What does that mean?

I don't know.

Put that thing down.

Are they normal?

- They look normal to you?

- I don't know.

You want

to take that chance?

What's abnormal?

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Stephen King

Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. more…

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