Film Review : The Call up

 Genre: Action, Sci-Fi

Cert: 15

Director: Charles Barker

Screen writer: Charles Barker

Starring: Morfydd Clark , Chris Obi , Parker Sawyers , Max Deacon , Dino Fazzani , Tom Benedict Knight , Ali Cook , Greg Kolpakchi , Adriana Randall .

Running time:  1h 30min

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: None

Violence & Gore: Combatant type film so expect bullet wounds & blood.

Profanity: Strong language

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: medic pack using a syringe

Frightening/Intense Scenes: some scene might be a little disturbing.

Story: A group of online gamers are invited to try a state-of-the-art virtual reality video game but things take a turn for the sinister when these masters of the shoot 'em up discover they will literally be fighting for their lives.

Likes : I wouldn't go in to this film with high expectation or excepting Oscar winner performances from actors / actress as this is a IPF film , the premises of the film's story is not bad but could of been executed better but still not a bad film.

The film revolves around virtual reality where a group of unwilling people are invited to take part in something to win $10, 000 , what they think is amazing being inside a virtual reality sim like a call of duty game soon turns in to a nightmare when they realise if they get shoot they stay dead.

This film get interest as the only way out is to complete the game but being stuck in something you can die is no easy task special when you have a few bunch of ideas in the group, if you a gamer you can understand this.

Although some accepts of the film are good & the twist at the end is not bad it does have a few flaws which is a shame because these types of films special this story would have been better with a more construct story that is more solid.

Dislikes :  The base of the story is good but poorly executed this could of had a much big budget & made more gritter with a long story , the cast isn't to bad the acting is good but just let down by the lack of story action in the film.

I think with a high budget better story this film could of been one of those rare films to be brilliant but sadly lack the edge which is a shame.

Overall : Good acting, good visual effects, poorly executed story with a twist

 
Rating: 3.4 out of 5 for entertainment /  5.6 out of 10 for concept