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The Call Up

"This time it's for real"

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.

Top Cast

  • Max Deacon

    Max Deacon

    Carl

  • Morfydd Clark

    Morfydd Clark

    Shelly

  • Ali Cook

    Ali Cook

    Edward

  • Chris Obi

    Chris Obi

    The Sergeant

  • Tom Benedict Knight

    Tom Benedict Knight

    Marco

  • Dino Fazzani

    Dino Fazzani

    Terrorist

  • Adriana Randall

    Adriana Randall

    Taylor

  • Malcolm Modele

    Malcolm Modele

    Terrorist

  • Parker Sawyers

    Parker Sawyers

    Andre

Overview

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.

Rating

5.2 / 10
148 Reviews
1 Popular

4 Reviews

  • shaun1966
    shaun1966
    May 16, 2016

    I really didn't know what to expect from this but I have to say I really liked it! The suspense is on the edge of your seat stuff. Very timely with all the hype around VR at the moment. If you're in to your sci fi it's a must see...

  • joncross17
    joncross17
    8.5 May 17, 2016

    I caught this at the London Sci-Fi festival where it went down a storm. It has a great premise (a group of gamers take part in a life-like virtual reality game like Call of Duty but things are more dangerous than they first appear...). The production design and direction are superb even with a small budget and there are strong performances throughout. Great fun all round – highly recommended!

  • LR
    LR
    May 17, 2016

    An impressive film recommended to passionate gamers and for sci-fi buff. The apparently simple premise has the immediacy of a lost classic: pure, quite gripping and brilliantly transposed on screen. A little cult movie that deserves to be seen!

  • Buffytheguitarslayer
    Buffytheguitarslayer
    May 22, 2016

    I really loved this film :) I saw it in the cinema and it kept me on the edge of my seat from start to finish! It is full of cool twists, sprinkled with a good dash of humour too. (I didn't guess the plot twists which is always a sign of a good film for me!) Think Hunger Games, meets the Matrix - If you like sci-fi you have to see The Call Up!!

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