When veteran 911 operator, Jordan, takes a life-altering call from a teenage girl who has just been abducted, she realizes that she must confront a killer from her past in order to save the girl's life.
Rating: R Running Time: 1hr 35min
*There is no stinger after the credits
*There is no stinger after the credits
Estimated Video Release: July 2013
RottenTomatoes: 40% My Rating: 2/5
"There are 188 million 911 calls a year. This one made it personal."
The Call is a movie that begins very promising. A 911 dispatcher takes a call from a kidnapping victim who is trapped in the trunk of a car. From how the first 45min-1hr goes, they could have kept the girl in the trunk and maintained the suspense and believability. I was totally drawn in. It feels claustrophobic and intense--remember Phonebooth (2003, RT 71%)? The Call had that kind of potential. Instead, the movie devolves into the stereotypical Hollywood climax reminiscent of the old slasher film stand by of the young pretty girl running up the stairs instead of out the front door--and the audience is left asking "Why the hell did she trap herself upstairs?" If they really felt it necessary to stop the 911 call and have our protagonist go off on a detective hunt, they could have constructed a more grounded happenstance by which our heroine(s) could have the chance to save the day, but noooo... they have to pander to what they think the audience wants to see. Very disappointing. But, its not a bad movie. Like I said, the movie begins very promising and it is suspenseful, scary, and also informative... if one ever gets trapped in a trunk.
