Les Jones

A&E > Movie: Cellular, other Jason Statham Movies

The obvious comparison is to Phone Booth. Both movies use a telephone as a life line. Phone Booth did more with the idea, and played off the psychological isolation of the phone booth better than Cellular played off the cell phones annoyance of low batteries and lousy coverage. Phone Booth also had a more powerful lead and a more intriguing villain.

On its own terms, Cellular is a pretty good big budget thriller. The big budget buys a good cast, including Kim Basinger and Willam H. Macy. Me, I like Jason Statham. Maybe it's his cool persona. Maybe it's the movies he's in. Maybe it's the male pattern baldness we share.

If you want to try other Jason Statham movies, see The Italian Job and Transporter for fun action flicks, or if you're more of a Quentin Tarantino fan rent the Guy Ritchie films Snatchand especially Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. I'd recommend those last two over Cellular.

Ritchie cast Latham in his upcoming movie, Revolver, which is in post-production.