The Cell (2000)

The sci-fi epic The Cell (2000), likely Jennifer Lopez’s strangest and most surreal film (besides 2003’s Gigli), takes the “race to save a serial killer’s captive” storyline of The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and combines it with the visionary dreamscape of director Tarsem (The Fall,  Mirror Mirror, Self/Less) Singh. J-Lo plays Catherine Deane, a psychologist summoned by the FBI to a virtual reality chamber which is able to implant her inside the mind of a comatose criminal. All this is in order to locate his latest victim who is trapped inside an elaborate time-released torture cell. Will this transcendental journey inside a twisted killer’s mind unlock the key to finding her or will it trap Catherine forever? Vincent D’Onofrio plays Carl Rudolph Stargher, the murderer in mind and body. Speaking of the latter, Mr. D’Onofrio reveals his D’Chest, D’Bush, D’Balls and D’Cock when he goes full frontal at the 26-minute mark! Thanks to some prosthetics, the killer with a killer physique also hangs by his skin from chains at the start of the flick. However, it may be the work of a body double. We may never know, just like we’ll never know how he rigged himself into this elaborate S&M contraction. The movie also includes Vince Vaughn as Special Agent Peter Novak, Jake Weber as Special Agent Gordon Ramsey (not to be confused with the same-named chef), and an uncredited Peter Sarsgaard. Of course, we give extra credit to Gareth Williams whose panty-clad performance adds a thrill to this thriller!