Line #3 YMMV/Cellular


1	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "Sinnerman" over the chase scene.
2	* CompleteMonster:
3	** Original film: [[KillerCop Detective Ethan Greer]] is the [[RabidCop most ruthless]] of the cabal of [[DirtyCop crooked cops]]. Incidentally filmed by realtor Craig Martin brutally beating and executing two rival drug dealers as his boss watches in their latest power play, Ethan has Craig's wife Jessica kidnapped after killing her housekeeper. Beating Jessica and threatening to [[WouldHurtAChild kill the Martins' young son]], Ethan also kidnaps Craig to retrieve the video and opens fire on the young hero Ryan, who is helping the couple within a crowded bank. Preparing to execute the family until Ryan talks him into meeting to exchange the family for the video, Ethan enjoys hunting down Ryan, beating him down before preparing to shoot him dead and kill the Martins. Savage, sadistic, and more than willing to use violence at a moment's notice even against children, Ethan's personal cruelties make him a more vicious adversary than even the leader of the murdering conspiracy underneath his coldblooded, icy exterior.
4	** ''Connected'' (2008 Hong Kong remake): [[BigBad Inspector Fok Tak-nang]] leads a group of [[DirtyCop corrupt Interpol agents]], murdering drug dealers to steal their product. Incidentally filmed by college student Roy Wong, Fok captures Roy's sister Grace after breaking into her home and savagely [[SlashedThroat slitting her maid's throat]]. Setting his eyes on Grace's young daughter, Fok torments Grace, killing Roy's young friend in front of her and kidnaps her daughter, [[WouldHurtAChild threatening her life as well]], and after obtaining the footage of his crimes, prepares to kill everyone who helped Roy to avoid facing repercussions for his misdeeds.
5	* DamselScrappy: Creator/KimBasinger's performance as Jessica Martin: For one thing, Basinger, especially during her scenes with [[BigBad bad guy]] Creator/JasonStatham, is so ridiculously [[LargeHam over dramatic]] with her [[InelegantBlubbering awful whimpers]] and [[NervousWreck nervous]] [[StutterStop stuttering]]. Not only that, but her performance as a whole was widely inconsistent, as if DependingOnTheWriter. What doesn't gel about Basinger's character is the [[ScreamingWoman shrieking]] [[ComicalOverreacting over-reaction]] to [[ViolenceIsDisturbing violence]] together with the [[TranquilFury calm]] reconstruction of a telephone; the totally [[WimpFight girly fight]] she puts up followed by [[DamselOutOfDistress an accurate]] [[SlashedThroat slashing]] of an artery and the then almost [[DullSurprise nonchalant]] [[PreMortemOneLiner explanation]] of the damage she had done to him and [[ChekhovsSkill how much blood he was going to lose]]. Even when Basinger is first trying to [[CassandraTruth convince]] Creator/ChrisEvans that she had been kidnapped [[CreepyMonotone she sounds so bored]] and [[EmotionlessGirl uninterested]]. Her role in general seemed to be [[ExpositionCut short of lines]] in some places but overdone in others. And what we ultimately got from Basinger was a decidedly [[HystericalWoman shrill]], [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously overly-earnest]] and sometimes deathly wooden acting job.
6	* RetroactiveRecognition: Creator/SherriShepherd plays the car impound attendant.
7	* SpecialEffectFailure: It's obvious that the recorded video footage is a high definition video pasted over handycam or cellphone given how recordings of handycam or cellphone back then are usually shaky and grainy, not to mention it lacks signature such as timers.

Context YMMV / Cellular