One Missed Call is the 2008 American remake of the Japanese film Chakushin Ari. The film was released in North America on January 4, 2008 and is directed by Eric Valette and written by Andrew Klavan. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros.
The set-up is at least intriguing. Several seemingly-unrelated people start receiving voice-mails from their future selves with messages that include the date, time, and details of their deaths (these messages are usually accompanied by visions of random strangers with ‘Exorcism of Emily Rose′-type creepy-faces, perhaps provided in order to have something cool to put on the movie posters). Stumbling into this nightmare is Beth Raymond (Shannyn Sossamon), whose friends begin dropping one by one, so she enlists the aid of cop Jack Andrews (Edward Burns), who, strangely, believes her. Together, they set out to solve the mystery, while the script piles one incomprehensible plot twist on top of the next as the film lumbers to its illogical, cheap-shock climax.
The concept for this one includes haunted cell phones possessed by angry vengeful ghosts. Yep One Missed Call is yet another J-Horror remake, this time of Takashi Miike’s Chakushin ari, which itself was sort of a rip-off of a Korean horror film about phones. The film is probably only unique for the fact this might be the first horror movie to hang together on the concept of Munchausen syndrome by Proxy. The genre clich?are getting less and less scary, and they feel like parodies of better efforts. Making appearances as expected are mysterious figures that dart around the screen, creepy crawly CGI bugs, loud noises, creepy childish cell phone ringtone, and an origin that deals with abuse and murder to make the ghosts angry enough to start calling people.
Star(s) to watch : Edward Burns (”A Sound of Thunder”, “Saving Private Ryan”) as Jack Andrews.
Genre : Horror, Thriller, Remake.
Release date : January 4, 2008
Rating : 8/10
Official website : http://onemissedcallmovie.warnerbros.com/
Poster : http://movies-update.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/one_missed_call-202×300.jpg
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