Clay agrees and, joined by a third man, attempts to escape the airport. The train's conductor, Tom McCourt, suggests abandoning the train and traveling through the tunnels, since power has been cut to the subway trains and the pumps keeping the tunnels dry will soon shut down with no one manning them. Clay escapes the chaos in the terminal and meets a group of survivors in a subway car. Suddenly an electronic signal (later dubbed 'the pulse') is broadcast across mobile networks worldwide, turning cell phone users into rabid killers. His cell phone battery dies, so he calls Sharon using a payphone. At Boston International Airport, Clay tries to board a flight, hoping to reconcile with his family. The film received negative reviews from critics upon its release for being poorly crafted and lacking suspense.Ĭlay Riddell is a disillusioned artist, who a year earlier abandoned his wife Sharon and son Johnny in order to fulfill his dream of publishing a graphic novel. The film's story follows a New England artist struggling to reunite with his young son after a mysterious signal broadcast over the global cell phone network turns the majority of his fellow humans into mindless vicious animals. Cell is the second film adaptation of a King story to co-star Cusack and Jackson, after the 2007 film 1408. The film was released on Jto video on demand, prior to a limited release scheduled for July 8, 2016. The film is directed by Tod Williams, produced by John Cusack, with a screenplay by King and Adam Alleca. Cell is a 2016 American science fiction horror film based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Stephen King.

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