The Call Up

The Call Up

90 mins | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction | May 20, 2016

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.

The Call Up

90 mins | Action, Adventure, Science Fiction | May 20, 2016

The Call Up
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.
IMDb rating 4.9
Producers Red & Black Films, Creative England, Stigma Films, Marzipan Productions, Pont Neuf Productions
Original title The Call Up
Directors Nick Starr, Liam Lock, Charles Barker, Liz West, James Nunn
Writers Charles Barker

Cast

Max Deacon

as Carl

Morfydd Clark

as Shelly

Ali Cook

as Edward

Chris Obi

as The Sergeant

Dino Fazzani

as Terrorist

Adriana Randall

as Taylor

Malcolm Modele

as Terrorist

Parker Sawyers

as Andre

Boris Ler

as Zahid

Jaimi Barbakoff

as Wanda

Greg Kolpakchi

as Terrorist

Mac Pietowski

as Terrorist

Stuart McNeil

as Terrorist