646f9e108c 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 &#39;em up discover they will literally be fighting for their lives. I watched this movie because simulation is a rare and nice concept, if its presented in a good way. But The Call Up is one of the WORST examples of simulation concept. <br/><br/>Character selection is pretty classic. One fat guy, one muscular but angry man, one coward girl, one handsome guy who falls in love with another beautiful girl, one experienced guy who dies in the first 30 minutes. Character stereotypes could be much different.<br/><br/>Sounds are not much catchy, just a disturbing sound when tension rises. (which makes it totally predictable)<br/><br/>The filming was not much more then an amateur job. As I searched the filmography of the director, Charles Baker, I found out that The Call Up was his first long-shot movie experience. The shooting of the city, cars, streets and building in the transitions broke the claustrophobic environment which was created by the script (locked doors,suits which can&#39;t be removed), which is a negative point. It was not a disturbing shooting but also not a one that deserves an appreciate. <br/><br/>The story begins with focusing on T3rrorist#1 / Zahid, so it makes the audience think he will have a big role. He starts with a cold- blooded and calm personality, a nice stereotype for cinema. But suddenly, he starts making stupid things and dies. Giving importance to a character and killing it makes the script worse, <br/><br/>The worst part of the story was the final, totally predictable and no sense. The description of Edward makes totally no sense. It just made us find some answers about the script, for example the wrong password thing. As a part of audience, I was expecting a better twist in the ending.<br/><br/>IF YOU ASK ME HOW COULD IT BE A GREAT ENDING: The player who wins the game gets too insane about dead people and things happened, so he/she takes the lead for the next game. The previous winner makes the game stay in its order. In this way, there is an explanation for Edward, that he was the previous winner. And when he&#39;s shot, we see that this game has no winners, the winner also dies because of the next winner. By this endless loop, the movie could end with an interesting ending. But it finished with the worst ending possible, that Shelly leaves the building and normal life continues.<br/><br/>PS: I just realized that the story is so similar to The Cube&#39;s, according to characterization and writing. I think The Cube was takenan examples for the scriptwriters. If you like this movie you should also watch The Cube. Well, I knew it was a long shot that a movie with under 20 reviews ( It has 29 at the writing of this) was an honest review. Friends of cast,cast, employees of production companies, etc. I get it though. A falsely inflated review get&#39;s you to spend that cash only to be face palming 2 hours later. The Cinematography was solid. No back yard iPhone movie here. The intro CGI was done well. The CGI in the movie was BAD…the acting was worse. Thee were 2 people whom could act, the others…just were bad. Right down to the final, badly written and poorly acted, scene The plot wastransparentglass with nothing &quot;Surprising&quot; in the entire movie. In my day we would have called it a &quot;Straight to video&quot; movie. IMO, this should have been a straight to youtube movie.
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