I thought the movie was outstanding until it reaches the final scenes. For me the finish felt lazy and incomplete, I would have liked to see a more decisive outcome. Otherwise a great movie. The suspense and intensity earlier in the movie make this a good choice irrelevant of the fact the ending leaves much to be desired. The first movie in a long while that I have seen Halle Berry I and I was impressed with her performance, the acting felt authentic and at least for me helped get into the feel of the movie.

The action thriller The Call which takes place in the Los Angeles area brings to the center of the action a category of people who seldom appear on screens in most of the movies dealing with police work – the emergency call responders. The opening scenes of the film do a fine job not only in describing the atmosphere and (2013 level) technology at the 911 LAPD response center, but also of defining the job, the responsibilities, the professional and human qualities that are required from the people whose voices one first hears when placing an emergency call. It's a good start for an interesting action movie, that could have been quite special. Unfortunately, director Brad Anderson and his team did not succeed to make it one.The development of the story is rather interesting. Jordan Turner (Halle Berry in the lead role) is an experienced emergency operator who had made one fatal mistake returning a call in a situation that allowed for the caller to be kidnapped and murdered. Many months later, she finds herself in a situation that seems similar to the incident that continues to track her day and night. It's her opportunity to do things right, and to save lives. The dialog between the operator and the kidnapped teenage locked in the truck compartment of the car of the abductor is well built, has tension and catches the attention. The problem is that the script authors did not dare to build all or most of the film on the call itself. At some point in time they may have felt that the accumulated coincidences could not hold the story any longer, and they switched the call off. From that point farther the film became just one of these many action thrillers in which usual people become unexpectedly heroes. The issue is that in order to make these happen the script authors had to invent more coincidental situations, plus to build some reasoning for the motivation of the kidnapper. All these are just usual action stuff, and not very good one.Halle Berry delivers good acting as she always does, but she seems to be in danger of accumulating roles that look too much one with the other. The rest is just another action film, especially in the last third of the screening time. It's a pity for the film that promised so much at the start. The good thriller about the emergency responders is still to be made.

I really liked this movie because we don't often get to see what a 911 dispatcher goes through. I won't spoil anything here, but this movie gave me a great perspective of their duty and how stressful/emotional this kind of work can be. Kudos to all the 911 dispatchers out there. I don't know how they do it, especially in such large metropolitan areas. I feel for them. I don't watch thriller movies that much, but every now and then I get inclined to see something other than a romance flick, yes I'm a woman. So I took this movie on because I like Halle Berry. She was phenomenal in this thriller. We always want to know what the end results are when an emergency goes down and they hardly ever get any closure or relief from their calls of duty, so it's disappointing to not know exactly if you were the operator that saved a life or not. In some cases, the news will reveal things to the public, but not in most cases. If you are contemplating watching this, I would recommend a viewing because it is an eye-opener. Who would have thought to really dig into the life of a 911 dispatcher? Very clever! 8 Stars from me!

This is an action and thriller movie we would like to watch, containing more action and thriller less emotional scenes. There were just a single moment including some emotional acts when Halle Berry couldn't handle the case because of earlier disappointment in the job that effected her but later she overcame. Apart from that scene, movie was much better than the most of the action movies around industry.Also i have to admit that this movie is so realistic and we could face it in real life. There are neither characters who are fighting like immortals nor cases which are impossible to experience in real life.People sometimes search for an action movie which is not driving us to think, but is easy to watch like a pie. If you are looking for something as i stated, this movie is the right choice for you.From beginning till the end, you will not realize how the time passed.