One Missed Call

This movie stars Edward Burns and Shannyn Sossamon.  It is rated PG-13, and is an hous and twenty-seven minutes long.  It is based on both a book and a Japanese film of the same name which was out in 2004.

This movie is about a group of friends who get mysterious messages on their cell phones.  The messages turn out to be themselves calling just before their own deaths.  One girl, the main character Beth, played by Shannyn Sossamon, watches as each of her friends call and then die in front of her.  A police detective, played by Edward Burns, has a personal stake in finding the person or thing responsible for these murders, and concerns himself with Beth and helping her.  What they find is a supernatural killer, who is seeking vengance for her own death.

This movie was very dissappointing.  I was lead to believe, by the previews on the television, that this movie was going to be full of frightening scenes and original deaths.  Instead it copied many other scenes and was very predictable.  At the end I was bummed that I wasted my time seeing it, and I was bummed that I bought the movie popcorn and soda.  The movie tries too hard to be frightening, and instead becomes funny.  It relies too much on the what it behind the door trick, and does it way too much in this movie.

Although this movie was not very goo, there was one part in it that creeped me out a litte.  I won’t give it away, but it involves computer animation and a baby with a cell phone.  That was a great scene, which is sad because it didn’t involve a real character.  The plot was a little stagnent and there were scenes in which I wondered why they even put them in.  Most of the scenes that were unneeded were scenes involving Beth’s childhood.

If you want a scary movie, don’t see this movie, but if you want a laugh go for it.  If you want something scary try the Asian version, it is way scarier.