the cell be a journey into the mind of a serial killer and i mean this literally . the film be about the journey and about the world it show during this journey and the destination do not really matter . in my opinion this journey through the mind give such beautiful image other thing do not really matter as long a they be not distract . in fact and the story be pretty good . we start with catherine deane ( jennifer lopez ) in the mind of a catatonic boy . how this work exactly do not really matter and but it look a lot like virtual reality . she and other scientist include henry west ( dylan baker ) and miriam kent ( marianne jean baptiste ) believe that this method might work . catherine enter the mind of the boy and speaks with him there and in a world that be completely create by the boy . she hop she can let him do thing that in the end will give result . the real story then . a serial killer name carl ( vincent donofrio ) just dump the body of one of his victim . fbi agent ramsey ( jake weber ) and novak ( vince vaughn ) be on this case . another girl ( tara subkoff ) disappear and at that time and after forensic research on the dump body and carl can be trace and capture . two problem occur . 1. carl just go into a coma while he have be sick for a long time . 2. his house and the house with his last kidnapped victim be not at the same place . in a way this part of the story be pretty standard . thing be about to get interesting again . to find out where the girl be and catherine have to go into carl mind . this be dangerous for a lot of reason . in short represent carl be unknown territory and schizophrenic and a serial killer . if catherine start believe carl mind be the real world then her mind can convince her body while she could die in the mind of carl . a tape of how the last victim be kill and a fate this girl will have in about twenty hour and make sure catherine will try to get the location out of carl mind . it be the journey through this sick mind that make this film more than worth watch . director tarsem singh and who do music video before this and in a way go back to these music video . every room in the imaginative world be another short clip that exist out of beautiful and sometimes haunting image . for me the visual style felt completely new and the way three king have a new visual style one year earlier . if something like that can make you like a film and the cell will not disappoint . but fan of the thriller and horror genre can like this film anyway . the story itself and without the great fantasy world and be good enough for that . i think you have to be a little open mind and of course event be not ( yet ) possible in our real world . still and a very entertaining film with nice idea that look terrific .