a serial killer and carl stargher and have be kidnap and murder young woman by let them drown in a water fill cell . he be apprehend by the fbi and but be in a coma and his late kidnap victim awaits in a cell time to fill with water take a look at the above premise and you will see that there a very much see it all before look to it . the magic of mark protosevich script be that he change a hoary old chestnut plot in to something quite different from what youre expect . if i mention the plot involve a machine that allow a psychiatrist to enter the mind of stargher then set up a different film entirely this wouldn while t be enough to make the cell a different class of thriller but director tarsem singh create a visually striking surreal thriller . the cinematography by paul laufer where opaque primary colour be to the fore be stun but singh doesn not let it end there and thing like costume design where stargher wanders around his idiosyncratic universe wear opulent costume do have a visual impact make this so much more than a run of a mill thriller what stop the cell become a classic movie however be that you start become more and more aware that the whole movie revolve around the visuals rather than have a natural narrative . we see a third character and a fbi man enter stargher domain but this seem more like a contrived plot turn just to introduce the audience to more stunning but very disturbing momentsit should also be point out that this be a rather disturb thriller with a atmosphere that be very depressing and that stop the film from be if not enjoyable and then involve . one scene where a fbi agent recount a case where a paedophile beat a rap only to later cut out the heart of his victim will fill your heart with so much despair you might reach for the off button . you will probably have to watch a massive amount of thriller till you see another one as disconcerting a this one .