Cell Count
Director: Todd E. Freeman
2012
Horror/Sci-Fi
If you get the decease you’re as good as dead. Russell’s
wife Sarah’s got it and she has no chance of surviving what so ever… except for
the chance Dr. Brandt offers Russell. He has the choice of seeing his wife
suffocate by her own blood and vomit and to pay tens of thousands of dollars
for the hospital costs or join in with his wife in a little experiment. Dr.
Brandt is very convincing and promises that Sarah will be free of the decease
within weeks. But Dr. Brandt fails to inform them of the side effects. Maybe
the decease itself isn’t so bad after all, maybe the curse is worse?
I get
the feeling that this is set somewhere in the near future but it could very
well be told as a present time story as well. It’s not really important just as
long as you don’t expect space traveling and serious futuristic technology. All
in all it seems pretty realistic actually. Apart from a few details as the decease
for instance. The cure is kind of out of this world as well but that’s not very
important. What is important is the suspense and the experiment itself! What’s
it all for and what results and conclusions are Dr. Brandt hoping to find?
The film
doesn’t give you too much information, which is a good thing; just enough to
keep it interesting. The pace might be a bit slow to begin with but after half
the movie or so that’s no problem anymore. The suspense takes over and the
questions that the movie has accumulated begins to really take over you mind!
We get
some answers of course, otherwise it would not have been such a great movie I think,
but there are still unanswered stuff at the end. That bothers me a bit since I
feel like the missing bits and pieces are very important! They might very well
turn the whole purpose of the film upside down depending on the truth. The
entire timeline might get different if the answer is told in a different way.
Maybe this is an intentional move but the director to make us think about it
after the film has ended. After all, some of the most interesting films I’ve
seen leaves something for the viewer to think about.
If we
were to talk about the acting and makeup effects for a while I wouldn’t have
much to say. I have absolutely nothing to complain about. I think all of the actors
portray their rolls trustworthy. And the makeup effects are done the same way.
It might not be pretty but it’s always realistic!
It is a
love story about a man who gives everything up for the woman he loves. But it’s
also a story about a sadistic doctor when seeks a cure for an incurable
decease. Why he does this is one of the remaining questions. I don’t think its
money, possible fame but not probable. I wish that the ending scenes would have
given one more clue. But it’s still a great movie and it will be graded as one!
8/10
