Dinesh Kamath's column on film 'The Call' under the title 'New movie-releases in Navi Mumbai' that was published in Newsband

New movie-releases in Navi Mumbai

The Call (2013 film)

The Call is a 2013 thriller film starring Halle Berry and Abigail Breslin and directed by Brad Anderson. The film is pronounced to be high-concept by many reviewers.

We meet Jordan Turner (Halle Berry), a veteran 911 operator in Los Angeles. She’s considered one of the best in “the hive,” a giant, open office full of computers, lights and other fancy gadgets that help the operators respond to any kind of emergency call they receive. Even though most of the technology is automated, the people on the receiving end have to be sharp, alert and practical. They also can’t make promises to the callers.

One night, after a short romantic rendezvous with her cop-boyfriend (Morris Chestnut), Jordan gets a call from a crying and desperate teenager who says a man has broken into her house. Jordan tells her to keep calm and guides her to safety by having her go upstairs and hide under the bed. But just when the intruder is about to leave, the phone gets disconnected and Jordan makes the mistake of calling the girl back. The intruder hears the ring, heads back upstairs and…well let’s just say things don’t end nicely. Six months go by and Jordan no longer works the floor but is instead a teacher to new recruits. She’s so depressed and uneasy about her recent tragedy, which she feels was her fault, she’s resorted to medication.

 Then, during instruction to her students, another call comes through, and it’s once again from a prudish teenage girl named Casey (Abigail Breslin), who was kidnapped at the mall and is now in the trunk of a car. As it turns out, the kidnapper is the same man (Michael Eklund) from the previous incident, and although Jordan doesn’t know this right away, she still views the call as personal and a way for her to possibly redeem herself.

The film has Halle Berry as Jordan Turner, Abigail Breslin as Casey Welson, Morris Chestnut as Officer Paul Phillips, Michael Eklund as Michael Foster, David Otunga as Officer Jake Devans, Michael Imperioli as Alan Denado, Justina Machado as Rachel, José Zúñiga as Marco, Roma Maffia as Maddy, Evie Thompson as Leah Templeton, Denise Dowse as Flora, Ella Rae Peck as Autumn, Jenna Lamia as Brooke and Ross Gallo as Josh.