The Call

2013 "There are 188 million 911 calls a year. This one made it personal."
6.7| 1h34m| R| en| More Info
Released: 14 March 2013 Released
Producted By: TriStar Pictures
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.call-movie.com/
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Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save her, but to make sure the man is brought to justice.

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Michael Ledo Halle Berry works at a major 911 call center. She is the queen bee in the hive. Someone (Michael Eklund) is kidnapping and killing young girls. Halle breaks the first rule: "Stay emotionally detached and never make promises" when she has to direct a young emotional girl (Abigail Breslin) in the trunk of a car. Halle pulls out all the stops and goes outside the box to assist the girl.The film had me on the edge of my seat, which is hard to do at my age. It had the intensity of "Dirty Harry." WARNING: The kidnapper tortures his victims by forcing them to listen to "Taco" and "Boy George." Well done. Worth the view.Parental Guide: F-bombs. No sex or nudity. Girl in bra.
OllieSuave-007 The Call is an intriguing film about 911 operator Jordan Turner (Hally Berry) who takes a call from teenager Casey Welson (Abigail Breslin), kidnapped by a madman.This intensity of the 911 call between Jordan and the distressed Casey adds to the suspense and keeps the plot a fast-paced thriller - all leading to the creepy intentions of the antagonist and the semi-unpredictable climax.The film also takes an in-depth and exciting look at survival and judgment calls. The acting was pretty good and the direction of the flick is straight-forward and to-the-point, grabbing your attention right away and keeping out all the boring and unnecessary fillers. A pretty good movie for a Saturday night.Grade B
barrisambaris I must say I was impressed by this movie. It was like a reality movie into the daily life of a call operator. Halle Berry is an emotional call operator who faults one of the laws of the occupation- to be emotionally detached. When she gets a call from a distraught girl who was later killed, she beats herself up for it. Six months later, she had to help another girl who was kidnapped from a mall escape from the trunk of the car where she'd been kept. I enjoyed this movie. The first part was quite realistic and touching. Abigail and Halle did their part well. But then came the unrealistic second part. I get that Halle is emotional and feels connected to her callers, but not to the extent of driving all the way to the crime scene. It was Just convenient that she finds the trap door not the police. And why didn't she call the police? These loops in the movie made the second part less enjoyable. But I'll definitely recommend this movie.
videorama-759-859391 It's been a long time since I've seen Halle Berry in something. She's darn god great here, back in top form, as a police phone operator, who takes a emergency call that turns tragic for a young teenage girl victim. Inundated with guilt, she now becomes a tour guide operator of the place, where a similar emergency, involving the same killer, puts her back in action. Abigail Breslin, a really good actress is the latest victim, of this psycho, whose motives eventually become clear, which made him more human, in spite of his inexcusable and deplorable acts. I really liked that, about this film, as well as this actor's fantastic, and truly believable and frightening performance, from a Patrick Wilson or Michael De Good looking guy. Too, I also understood the choice of victims. This movie has been carefully structured, and thought out, and the script pays off, beautifully. The killer keeps his living victims in the trunk of his car, and I liked the situations that put killer and victim in peril, and it was just so much fun to see where this would take the story. This is a really enjoyable kick arse film, a slick thriller, and I'd almost feel bold, saying the movie is faultless, right to it's shattering climax, and grim outcome. It also introduces us to the life of emergency operators, and what it looks over over a potpourri of victim's calls, a lot of them frankly unsettling, and terrifyingly confronting. One of those real exciting movies of 2013, that doesn't come manifold a year, and one you glad you saw.