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A veteran operator for an emergency call-center, Jordan (Halle Berry) saves lives daily as part of her job, but when a young woman's frantic report of a prowler ends tragically,...
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- Brad Anderson
- R
- Halle Berry
Connected by phone in the same home but 20 years apart, a serial killer puts another woman's past -- and life -- on the line to change her own fate. Netflix. Watch The Call with a subscription on...
- (13)
- Park Shin-Hye
- Lee Chung-Hyeon
- Mystery & Thriller
In THE CALL, Kim Seo-yeon (Park Shin-Hye) moves back into her old family home, long abandoned. Her father is dead and her mother is in a hospital for vulnerable adults. After getting unpacked and situated, Seo-yeon receives a phone call from another young woman screaming for help.
- Netflix
- Lee Chung-Hyun
The Call: Directed by Chung-Hyun Lee. With Park Shin-hye, Jeon Jong-seo, Kim Sung-ryung, Lee El. Two people live in different times. Seo-Yeon lives in the present and Young-Sook lives in the past. One phone call connects the two, and their lives are changed irrevocably.
- (45K)
- Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
- Chung-Hyun Lee
- 2020-11-27
- ‘The Call’
- A Burning Call For Jeon Jong-Seo
- Allegorical Alternative Ending
They both experienced the loss of a parent, which retrospectively might have been some kind of emblem of unspoken trust and empathy between the two of them, allowing Seo-yeon to trust Young-sook maybe more than she should have–scratch that, definitely more than she should have. It’s like if the movie ‘Saw’ had a baby with the ‘The Butterfly Effect’...
While both actresses held impressive performances, I had recently viewed Jeon Jong-Seo in ‘Burning’, and I am just so captivated by her. She is something of a wild card, which really complimented her strengths as the demented serial killer in this film. She is a unique batter of precarious and silly, highlighted by an almost lackadaisical aloofness...
In the film ‘The Butterfly Effect’, there were some editions that had alternate endings.This film wasn’t like that, as far as I can tell, but I picked up on something that I felt was pretty powerful–had it gone in that direction. In the film, Seo-yeon lost her father, and she blamed her mother for his death. She saw her as careless and neglectful, ...
Dec 1, 2020 · Korean thriller The Call starring Park Shin-hye and Jun Jong-seo bends time and space in a preposterous plot that weaves a dizzying web of ‘what ifs?’.
Mar 13, 2013 · “The Call” opens with a bird’s eye view of the city and a montage of operators answering 911 calls — some frivolous, some serious. Then the movie — which, if nothing else, is briskly-paced — gets right to setting up the plot.
