The Call

2020 ‘콜’ Directed by Lee Chung-hyun

A call from a serial killer... She'll begin to hunt your past

Connected by phone in the same home but 20 years apart, a serial killer puts another woman’s past — and life — on the line to change her own fate.

Park Shin-hye Jeon Jong-seo Kim Sung-ryung Lee El Park Ho-san Oh Jung-se Lee Dong-hwi Um Chae-young Jo Kyung-sook Kim Min-ha Moon Chang-gil Ryu Kyung-soo Song Yo-sep Lee Joo-young Park Hyoung-soo

Alternative Titles

Kol, Call, 超时空通话, 声命线索, A Ligação

mystery science fiction thriller

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Review by sam ★★★★ 3

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1st half of the film went like "me and the bestie" and the 2nd half was like "can't stand her fake ass!"
Review by erin ★★★★ 4

Stop making psychopaths sexy I can’t handle it
Review by Logan ★★★½ 12

Okay so yall dont know this but asian horror/thriller is probs one of my fav branches of horror/thriller. A good asian horror/thriller? I'm always gonna be streaming. Fax. So I was delighted to get to this. It starts off very strong with a beautiful friendship between the past and the present. It has great acting. Very bright colourful neon palette. Which I was digging.
However here is the problem. It has a great concept however it's sloppy when it comes to concept execution because nothing really makes sense. Like there is no logic to the concept. You just have to accept the concept even tho how it is done has no logic behind it. It's full of plot holes. It…
Review by sara ★★★½

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i guess that shaman lady was damn right
Review by new year, same allain 🎆 ★★★½ 3

Never answer a phone call from a number you don’t recognize, as it can carry heavy consequences for your future, and this can be heavily seen in The Call–a horror-mystery thriller about how two people in completely different timelines made contact using a single telephone that connects them both. A single question is posed throughout the film: what if a simple act of kindness backfires to you and your future?
There’s something about Korean thrillers that exhilarates all of my senses, and this film is no different, as it laid down its characters and flipped them midway, producing an expected, yet still suprising twist and ending that made me gasp in shock. The lesson here is very simple: don’t attempt…
Review by maria ★★★★

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they really went from lovers to enemies
Review by Ethan Ethan ★★★ 11

South Korea raised the bar so high last year with Parasite that they decided to release mediocre films only this year to balance it out with #Alive, Peninsula and The Call.
Review by marghe ★★★ 4

The ending ... why ?
Review by Nakul ★★★½ 3

THE CALL is an exciting, creepy and emotionally compelling sci-fi slasher thriller, which had me at the edge of my seat for the most part. Tho it feels like a movie that needed few more drafts to iron out structure and logic issues, still a pretty solid effort considering it was Lee Chung-hyun's feature directorial debut. The performances by both leads is what carries the film. Also loved the color palette.
Review by yasmin ★★★★

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at least her mum got rid of that cancer...WAIT A DAMN MINUTE
Review by Rina ★★★ 1

if they were gay maybe they would've been happier
Review by Rethaam ★★★½ 1

i hope it ended before it ended

Recent reviews

Review by rosy ★★★

critical thinking skills are questionable
Review by thepedrovital ★★

Oh cool, another movie that tells us we should kill woman based on supernatural/religion predictions much like Robert Eggers' "The Witch"... When will ever be a movie where the girl was just a victim and all the violence and abuse was meaningless?
Review by Sean ★★★

There’s a fine line between ambition and overkill. The Call unfortunately crosses that line.
Review by enyalen ★★★½

credits?? what credits??
Review by Joel Jové ★★

If you create a reality you have to follow the rules of that reality, otherwise the movie will be a disappointment.
Review by anjoao ★★★★

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gostei mt mt mt do filme. o rumo que iria tomar não ficou claro desde o começo e mesmo assim a mudança é bem feita demais. só a trilha sonora que as vezes fica um pouco destoante com o que tá em cena (principalmente na primeira metade) e umas questões bem pontuais do roteiro me deixaram meio meh (tipo os efeitos psicológicos causados na prota ou polícia burra).
no geral, mt mt mt bom
Review by Natalie ★★★★

Scavenger Hunt #70
26: Watch a South Korean, Japanese, or Chinese film.
Great. This felt so natural that I can't believe it's a remake. I loved the transitions of the surroundings changing around Seo-yeon, and it plays with timelines in a really fun way.
Review by LEVPOLDKAHNT ★★★

I was very entertained by this movie. I did however struggle with the ever so popular “let’s throw some psychiatric diagnosis in the mix to explain the homicidal tendencies of our murderess.” The diagnosis in question is an antisocial and borderline personality disorder. I don’t quite understand why we still have this stigma surrounding psychological problems and especially why they are used as plot devices. The antagonist of this movie could’ve just been a person who’s really bloodthirsty. Or throw in a backstory which explains her acts. That stepmother sure didn’t help.
There are obviously many plot holes but these usually come with time travel. I also agree with everyone who said that the ending kinda sucks (the post or mid-credit scenes).
Still, it’s quite tense, I jumped a few times and the premise overall was somewhat original (“The Lake House” probably disagrees).
Review by Marcos Moro Junior ★★★★½

Por enquanto esse filme só perde pra O Homem Invisível na minha lista de melhores filmes de 2020, engraçado que os dois são filmes 100% de gênero, que sabem perfeitamente como usar clichês e aproveitá-los.
The Call tem aquela vibe super melodramática comum do cinema coreano, adoro quando ela se mescla com características de outros gêneros, como nesse filme, um drama terror perfeito.
O último plano antes do falso-final é lindo demais, poderia ter durado mais tempo na tela.
Review by freshcinema ★★★

Macht mehr Sinn als Tenet!
Review by HugoSls ★★★

Por isso que hoje eu não atendo mais ligação.
Review by Bostuna ★★★½

Overall this movie is done very well from the acting, cinematography, and to the effects used for the timeline shifts. Speaking of the timeline shifts, it does those quite effectively in a Butterfly Effect type of way. What seems to lead up to a predictable ending ends up throwing a curve ball.