Cell 211(Daniel Monzón, 2009) aka 'Celda 211'
07-10-10, 12:59 PM
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Cell 211(Daniel Monzón, 2009) aka 'Celda 211'
I just noticed there is no thread here about this film so I'm making one. It was at the Seattle Film Festival on June 5th of this year. Not sure if it will be getting much of a release here in the US though, maybe one of you guys know more.
It's a surprisingly good prison movie, and well worth going out of your way to see it. I saw it a couple of weeks back and really liked it.
I'll let Ebert sum it up with an excerpt from his positive, 3.5 star review:
""Cell 211" is a thriller about a man’s attempt to save his life by thinking quickly. It never explains. It simply sets out the situation and shows us what he does and what the results are. You might be surprised by how much more exciting this is than conventional action.
The film won eight Goya Awards, the Spanish Oscars, this year. It deserves them. In addition to its effectiveness as a thriller, it is also a film showing a man in the agonizing process of changing his values. And it is a critique of a cruel penal system. It doesn’t preach, it doesn’t end with a message, but it makes us think."
Luis Tosar as 'Malamadre' gives a fantastic performance, I'm going to keep an eye on work he does in the future. Keep an eye out for Javier Bardem's older brother Carlos Bardem as 'Apache', he gives a good performance here too.
It's a surprisingly good prison movie, and well worth going out of your way to see it. I saw it a couple of weeks back and really liked it.
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I'll let Ebert sum it up with an excerpt from his positive, 3.5 star review:
""Cell 211" is a thriller about a man’s attempt to save his life by thinking quickly. It never explains. It simply sets out the situation and shows us what he does and what the results are. You might be surprised by how much more exciting this is than conventional action.
The film won eight Goya Awards, the Spanish Oscars, this year. It deserves them. In addition to its effectiveness as a thriller, it is also a film showing a man in the agonizing process of changing his values. And it is a critique of a cruel penal system. It doesn’t preach, it doesn’t end with a message, but it makes us think."
Luis Tosar as 'Malamadre' gives a fantastic performance, I'm going to keep an eye on work he does in the future. Keep an eye out for Javier Bardem's older brother Carlos Bardem as 'Apache', he gives a good performance here too.
07-13-10, 01:53 PM
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