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IMDb rating 7.6
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Critic rating 8

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Critic Kim Newman
rated 8

An outstanding thriller, with enough political and character strokes to lift it out of the straight genre category...

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Critic Roger Ebert
rated 8

You might be surprised by how much more exciting this is than conventional action.

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Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 8

Tosar is an actor who deserves a breakthrough to a larger audience (...) and for sheer storytelling pizazz, 'Cell 211' delivers.

Read full review at The Guardian

Cast & Crew

Daniel Monzón
Director
Antonio Resines
As José Utrilla
Luis Tosar
As Malamadre
Carlos Bardem
As Apache
Manolo Solo
As Prison Director
Luis Zahera
As Releches
Josean Bengoetxea
As Antxon Elorza 'El Profesor'

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In Cell 211, a young prison guard's life is turned upside down when he's caught in the middle of a violent riot started by the prison's most dangerous inmates. Posing as a convict to survive, he must navigate the treacherous world of prison politics and negotiate with the riot's leader, a ruthless criminal known as Malamadre. As tensions rise and the stakes become higher, the guard must confront his own moral limits and make impossible choices to stay alive. But when he discovers that his pregnant wife has been injured in the chaos outside, he must decide where his loyalties truly lie. Will he risk everything to save her, or will he succumb to the darkness that surrounds him?

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Cell 211 include How I Live Now, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Captain Phillips, Children of Men, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Bunraku.