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Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: So unoriginal that the movie could almost be a parody of J-horror tropes, yet Miike, for a while at least, stages it with a dread-soaked visual flair that allows you to enjoy being manipulated. Read more
Ron Stringer, L.A. Weekly: A prolonged, maddening, predictable -- yet curiously pleasurable -- descent into incomprehensibility. Read more
Jan Stuart, Newsday: There is something uniquely delicious in what the film says about the desperation of some cell users. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: Routine horror with a confusingly drawn-out finale. Read more
Derek Elley, Variety: For much of the going, Miike juggles the Asian psychothriller portfolio (elevators, clock hands, vengeful ghosts, buried family traumas) with gleeful skill. Read more
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: No more than Miike's shot at generating a polished, rote, expertly composed J-horror flick. Read more