One Missed Call
Shannyn Sossamon and Ed Burns star in director Eric Valette's remake of Takashi Miike's frightful tale about a cell-phone call from the future that foreshadows one's own death. Beth Raymond (Sossamon) is a college student whose friends have all been dying in droves, and the one connecting factor between all of the incidents is that just before their deaths, each of the victims received a message in which they heard themselves being murdered. Upon receiving her own frightening phone call, Beth has only three days to solve the mystery and cheat death. Burns co-stars as a detective who is deeply troubled by the recent spate of deaths.
Director: Eric Valette
Starring: Shannyn Sossamon,Edward Burns, Ana Claudia Talancon, Ray Wise, Azura Skye
The result is yet another tired, ultimately incoherent horror movie that undoes the promise of its pretty good premise and potentially interesting story structure with dull scares, sloppy ending and a pair of unconvincing, leaden lead performances.
While director Eric Valette provides the occasional chill, the disturbing spooks aren't enough to make this boat float. Burns sleepwalks through One Missed Call totally devoid of charisma, and Sossamon muddles along, going through the motions.
The direction is uninspired, acting is lifeless, and the script borders on the inept.
This garbled American remake of Takashi Miike's already staticky 2004 exercise in J-horror is a wrong number.
One Missed Call was originally a so-so Takashi Miike freak-out. Now it's a worse-worse American eyesore.
Choice Movie Actor: Horror/Thriller
Teen Choice Awards (2008)
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