The Call Up

2016 "This time it's for real"
The Call Up
4.9| 1h30m| en| More Info
Released: 20 May 2016 Released
Producted By: Red & Black Films
Country: United Kingdom
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When a group of elite online gamers each receive a mysterious invitation to trial a state-of-the-art virtual reality video game, it’s a dream come true and impossible to resist. Arriving at the test site, the group step into hi-tech gear and prepare for a revolutionary, next-level gaming experience that brings modern warfare to life with frightening realism. At first it’s a unique and exhilarating experience. But what starts out like a dream encounter with cutting edge technology quickly takes a turn for the sinister. Once the group are attacked by enemy combatants, they soon realize this is no game after all. Make a mistake here and you pay with your life. Now these masters of the shoot ‘em up will have to fight for survival within a game gone bad, but this time it’s for real.

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candogancan Gamers will hate this movie. Very poor acting. Script is totally full of mistakes. It is so bad that hard to criticize. Final scene is a disaster. It is very hard to say anything good about this movie. The only thing I liked is the subject of the movie, I hope one day a better director with better players and with a strong script we watch a better version of this movie.
nnom Don't listen to the it-wasn't-that-bad reviews. It was. Acting-poor...expected. Storyline-overmined...expected. CGI-decent- expected. But even though it meets expectations, that's not saying much when expectations are low. There's just no reason to waste 90 mins of your life watching this...in a week, you'll have forgotten everything except, maybe, the fact that you watched it. It's racing out of my short term into oblivion as I type. Hard pass.
sushhebdhdhjd I have never written a review before. I probably won't again. But this movie was truly awful. I mean if when I say do not waste your time. The plot twist - that the game actually kills people - is revealed in the first act. The rest of the movie is so boring. I saw this as the concept was really cool, and I was so disappointed. I kept watching expecting it to get better - maybe there was a further plot twist. Nope, just that one of the players was running it - shocking . The movie ends with the winning player killing the creator of the game and leaving the building. That's it. I could not believe such a poorly made move exists. I am usually not very critical of movies, I enjoy many low budget, cheesy movies but this was just too far. 1 dimensional characters in a 1 dimension plot. Very poor production. Good things about it? Ummmmmmm.......I didn't find the actors as bad as some of the other posters say they were (they were still bad, but I've seen worse). I have a pretty high tolerance for bad acting though. My 1 star rating is based on writing mostly, as well as directing. The special effects were decent, but this is proof that CGI is worthless without a good storyline. One of the worst, most predictable, and boring story lines I have seen in a while.
bulldogbroome Why did I not read the reviews before watching this movie? The music sounded like it was rejected music from "Short Circuit" from the 1980's. The acting was worse than "The Core". The plot was...wait...was there a plot? I debated checking the box indicating that my review contained a spoiler because that would indicate that there was anything to give away in this movie. Unfortunately, the reason for the "game" that this 90 minutes of wasted screen time develops is never given. You spend and hour and a half watching this garbage hoping that there might be some explanation for it only to end up disappointed! Honestly, I'm thankful I watched it on Netflix. If I had actively sought out this movie and spent money on it I would have to slap myself. I want my 90 minutes back! Do yourself a favor...watch cat videos on YouTube instead of watching this movie. If you're going to watch something with no plot, at least it won't last 90 minutes.