The Call Up
The Call Up
| 20 May 2016 (USA)
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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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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.

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The Mad Hatter

This movie has a lot of promise, but it just fails to deliver every time you look. You come into the movie thinking it will be like gamer, and in truth it is to an extent. But something just doesn't seem right as you watch it. Something feels, off. The plot gives itself away at times but it's not paper thin. Some people will say it is, but that seems more like someone bitter they watched the movie. Overall though, the plot feels very thin. It feels like a movie that could have had more substance but was afraid to. It seemed like while they could have really made something unique, they were too busy catering to the "YEAAAA!!! ACTION!!!" crowd and even that wasn't done well. The acting... The acting is absolutely dreadful. Nothing feels true throughout the whole movie. Lines delivered poorly, emotion feels completely faked and all motion seems like someone shouted "Now, go to the next room in a hurry!". It has moments of suspense, moments of action but overall the whole performance falls rather flat. I would really recommend watching it once and then putting it from your mind. It's a movie that can expand your mind, let you think further than the producers did and after that, discard it.

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Tomas

I don't give this move a zero because I can't. This movie is in plain terms, horrible. The script is horrible, the acting too, the whole thing is predictable. We were 3 persons watching it and we were all shocked by this movie, and the ending... No words.If anyone sees this don't lose your time with this movie, no script, no good acting and the movie itself doesn't even explain what the hell is happening.We waited for the end to explain something but not, it's just the simplest thing anyone could have thought. When the movie is running, you start thinking that it's going all to be a filler thing until in the end something's explained, but sadly not.Just don't watch this thing, there are other interesting movies out there.

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Leor

I saw the film at a sci-fi festival and found the premise absolutely engaging. Without giving away too much of the story, this is one of those movies that grabs something familiar from the contemporary world and takes it to the extreme, with fascinating consequences. Mixing VR and reality is the holy grail of gamers, but the sort of scenario described here is chilling, to say the least. Funnily, the writer-director takes every trope of the first-person shooter and turns it into a clever detail. And that's where most of the fun comes from. The characters conveniently follow the group casting of any slasher, with all the classic types and a couple of surprises. Maybe I would have wished these characters to be a bit more explored and a little less action scenes, but you can't fault this film for doing what most FPS do! Good fun

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