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2009 · horror · sci-fi · thriller

The Cell 2

Directed by Tim Iacofano1h 34m2009

The Cusp is a serial killer who kills his victims and then brings them back to life; over and over again; until they beg to die! Maya is a psychic investigator who gained her powers after a 1 year coma after she was the Cusp's first victim! Now the Cusp Killer is back and Maya has little time to do what she has never done before: go into the mind of a killer unprotected and save his latest victim.

Our read: The Cell 2 (2009) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · sci-fi · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.

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Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / sci-fi, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.

ElsewhereIMDb2.83k
  • heavy
  • brisk
  • extreme
  • inventive
  • bleak
  • cold
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DNA · twelve axes

How The Cell 2 feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want dark sci-fi horror about a psychic entering a killer's mind to stop repeated torture.”

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