Plan to wear a seatbelt for Halle Berry’s new film The Call. It’s this year’s Taken for girls, with the right psycho dose of Silence of the Lambs.
Did you ever wonder who those people are on the other end of those panic calls who say “This is 911… where’s your emergency?”
Leah Tembleton is hiding under her bed. She’s about to be abducted when she rings 911. Thanks to one mistake made by Jordan (Halle Berry) on the other end, Leah will be… Abducted.
A smart premise about how the person on the receiving end of that call has to stay cool as a cucumber, especially when the violent calls happen during heatwaves, while Saturday is a quiet day. Cold weather brings out suicides, and they also bring on(Casey) Abigail Breslin who has just been abducted, too. Can Halle Berry let that happen twice in one lifetime?
Director Brad Anderson has done a string of small films from Next Stop Wonderland to Happy Accidents. This is the one to put him in the big leagues. Finally. ♔ ♕ ♚ 1/2