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| Movie Review: Cell 211 |
| By au.news.yahoo.com |
| Published: 03/18/2011 |
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Audiences at the Somerville Auditorium had better brace themselves for the opening scene of Cell 211, a violent Spanish thriller set during a maximum security prison riot. In a dark prison cell, an old man fashions a crude weapon and uses it to slowly slice open his forearms. He works up and down his left arm, then up and down his right arm, letting the blood sluice out into his cell's steel basin. Somerville patrons should bring brandy for their pre-show picnic for this one. A glass of sauvignon blanc just won't cut it. It's a terrific prison thriller, but watching it is like spending a night in the clink. Into the prison comes handsome new guard Juan (Alberto Ammann). During a tour with the warden, falling debris knocks him unconscious. He's taken to cell 211 but abandoned when a riot erupts. Juan awakes to hear what's going on. Quickly and smartly, he discards his wallet, jewellery and anything else that will give him away. He walks boldly out to the riot, hoping to pass himself off as an inmate. If they discover he's a guard, he's dead meat. Cell 211 swept the Goya awards in Spain last year, and deservedly so. It doesn't waste a second. It simply lays out a situation and shows us how the characters react in surprising and fateful ways. It doesn't explain and it doesn't preach. In a prison thriller that moves this fast, I like that. Juan sides with the prisoners and makes canny suggestions to foil the guards. That impresses Malamadre (Luis Tosar), the notorious murderer who masterminds the riot, and the two form an uneasy alliance. As the inmates take over the prison, and as the guards realise that Juan is hiding among them, Cell 211 swirls with themes of identity, camouflage and survival instincts. It's good stuff, but director Daniel Monzon shoots it with a heavy hand, adding wardens, informants, negotiators and SWAT teams and themes of prison system conditions. It's like he's thrown too many shivs into the showers, and the big guy has picked one up. Yet flashbacks to Juan's life with his pregnant wife Elena (Marta Etura) are dropped in like emotional A-bombs, and they work a treat, providing moments of sudden tenderness away from the violence. Will they be together again? It's efficient and effective filmmaking. Read More. |
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