Cellular (2004)

Pretty teacher gets kidnapped and locked in an attic, where she manages to hotwire a smashed landline and connect to a flakey guy.

It's one of those movies that's diverting in a stupid kind of way. It held my interest, even as I was rolling my eyes at how obvious the plot is and how unlikely it was that any of the good guys would be badly hurt or that a single one of the bad guys would get away with their nefariousness.

This film delivers exactly what you'd expect: an hour and a half of fun and excitement that you won't bother remembering tomorrow. And sometimes that's just what I'm in the mood for.

C+