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Cell 211
Directed by
Daniel Monzón
2009
1h 50m
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7.6
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The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attempt to survive the ordeal.
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Cast of Cell 211
Luis Tosar
Malamadre
Alberto Ammann
Juan Oliver
Antonio Resines
José Utrilla
Carlos Bardem
Apache
Félix Cubero
Germán
Marta Etura
Elena
Luis Zahera
Releches
Vicente Romero Sánchez
Tachuela
Patxi Bisquert
Jon Arteaga
Manolo Solo
Prison Director
Josean Bengoetxea
Antxon Elorza 'El Profesor'
Anartz Zuazua
Asier Urruticoechea
Manuel Morón
Ernesto Almansa
Fernando Soto
Armando Nieto
David Selvas
Ernesto Dueñas
Ricardo de Barreiro
Julián
Antonio Durán 'Morris'
Borrego
Jesús Carroza
Elvis
Miguel Martín
Pincho
Ramiro Alonso
Geo ordenador
Xavier Estévez
Jefe Geos
Jorge Gómez
Funcionario Vigilancia 2
Antonio Mora
Funcionario Vigilancia 1
Xosé Manuel Olveira
Conejo
Roberto Sanchez
Morao
José Ignacio Álvarez
Jefe Antidisturbios
Cell 211 Ratings & Reviews
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
What this movie lacks in plausibility (which is almost everything), it makes up for with authentic adrenaline -- and Spanish Goya Awards (it won eight this year).
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
Nearly every minute throbs with heart-pounding suspense, from the opening scene of a prisoner slashing his wrists with a razor blade fashioned from a cigarette filter to its mournful, blood-soaked conclusion.
Seattle Times
John Hartl
It's the kind of gutsy, physical performance that wins Academy Awards for Daniel Day-Lewis, but Ammann is just as impressive as a man who must suddenly test his limits and values.
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
Celda 211 (Cell 211) requires you to look past a couple of contrivances in order to enjoy its main scenario: How quickly can the ruinous nature of prison life corrupt an innocent, moral man?
RogerEbert.com
Roger Ebert
In addition to its effectiveness as a thriller, it is also a film showing a man in the agonizing process of changing his values. And it is a critique of a cruel penal system.
MTV
Christine Champ
Director/co-writer Daniel Monzon does danger, and violence, with an almost delicate hand -- relying on tense realism and visceral fear rather than gratuitous gore.
Variety
Jonathan Holland
A satisfyingly intense and suitably incendiary prison drama that keeps the viewer tightly handcuffed during its first hour before falling victim to the fraud of improbability.
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
Jas Keimig
This is a (predictably) violent and dark entry into the prison drama genre, but I agree with the snarling and cruel Malamadre...
Boston Herald
James Verniere
You are unlikely to find a scarier group of screen convicts in any movie anywhere (including Don Siegel's similar-sounding 1954 prison-drama classic "Riot in Cell Block 11" with the great Neville Brand).
Eye for Film
Jennie Kermode
It's a thriller with something to say and it's considerably more thoughtful than it first appears, but its extra layers of meaning never compromise the action.
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
Lindy West
A Spanish prison thriller so terrifically stressful it just might compress your brain into a diamond.
Filmcritic.com
Norm Schrager
not your average jailbreak genre movie
Seanax.com
Sean Axmaker
... visceral and intelligent, with layers of political complexities (both national and internal) and personal complications, and a touchy buddy story at the center.
Boston Phoenix
Zak Jason
A hard-boiled, lightning-paced look into prison culture.
Brightest Young Things
Alan Zilberman
Daniel Monzón's Cell 211 is a brutal reminder of how to make a well-made thriller.
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Chris Hewitt
It's a great, simple premise, and I will be surprised if we don't get an American remake starring, say, Jason Statham or Christian Bale.
Deep Focus Review
Brian Eggert
The film surprises and engages us in unexpected ways, changing our perceptions of characters and the situation again and again, yet always in an emotionally prevailing way.
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