Cellular is a 2004 suspense thriller, directed by David R. Ellis and starring Kim Basinger and Chris Evans. The screenplay was written by Chris Morgan and Larry Cohen, the latter having also scripted Phone Booth, another movie that evolves from a phone call.

Plot

Mysterious assailants kidnap high school biology teacher Jessica Martin (Kim Basinger) and confine her in the attic of their safe house. Ethan (Jason Statham), the gang leader, smashes the attic's telephone to prevent her from contacting anyone. She has no idea who the kidnappers are or what they want. She pieces together the broken phone to randomly make a connection. She finally reaches the cell phone of Ryan (Chris Evans) who has just been dumped by his girlfriend, Chloe (Jessica Biel), for being too irresponsible. He takes it as a joke at first, but Jessica persuades him to go to the police. At the police station, Officer Mooney (William H. Macy) tells him to go to the detectives on the fourth floor. He begins to lose the signal in the stairwell, so he turns back to avoid losing the connection.