The call (2013)

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	Year of first release: 2013
	Director: Brad Anderson (The Machinist, Transsiberian)
	Actors: Halle Berry (X-men 1-3, Tomorrow Never Dies), Evie Thompson, Abigail Breslin
	Country: USA
	Genre: Thriller
	Conditions of visioning: 23.02.2014, HD VOD, Home cinema
Synopsis: Jordan (Berry), a dispatcher for the 911 police emergency phone service, will feel personally involved in a kidnapping case.
Review: This is what I call a good Thriller, i.e. a movie that gives you thrills. The topic is interesting as the job described is indeed a tough one: replying all day long to distress calls, from innocent ones to murder, kidnapping or rape, and live them in real-time from the other end of a phone line from where you are powerless and the only thing you can do is send police cars that will take minutes to get there while you are still connected. A similar job was already at the center of The Taking of Pelham 123, but the story is much better in The Call. I really got taken into the movie when following the chase for the kidnapper. Hale Berry plays well a sensitive character, while the deranged kidnapper is very convincing. Only some moments are too predictable and some reactions unnatural (to maintain the suspense), but otherwise a very good movie.
Rating: 7 /10