The Cell is a movie from 2000 in which psychotherapist Catherine Deane, played by Jennifer Lopez, is part of testing a new method that allows her to be connected to another person and literally enter that persons mind through her own. She is approached by the FBI to assist in a case in which they are trying to get a confession and other information out of a serial killer who has gone into a coma. His name is Carl Stargher and he abducts women and puts them in a contained area which slowly fills up with water drowning the women in just less than two days. Deane is forced to travel into his mind regardless of the fact that what goes on in his mind threatens to take her own over and force her to believe it is reality. At one point she gets so drawn into Stargher’s mind that a detective, played by Vince Vaughn, has to come into his mind as well to save her from being stuck in the killer’s world and bring her back to real life.
Movies, as stated in the Saw article, allow people to escape reality for a few hours and leave all problems behind. Watching a movie makes a person feel as if they are part of that world on the screen. Once the movie is over it is back to reality. This movie offers an interesting take that plays into the fear of not being able to distinguish what is and isn’t real. I think this makes a connection to the war going on right now or any war really. As we read in the Marlboro Man article, soldiers returning from war often have a problem distinguishing what is real because of experiences they had during their tours. Flashbacks and things that they have been trained to do make the adjustment from army life to everyday life difficult and many never fully readjust.
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