The Call Up

2016 • 90 minutes

About this movie

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 - a perfect, tangible representation of a warzone - quickly takes a turn for the sinister. When the group are attacked by enemy combatants, they soon realise that 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 too far - but this time it's for real. When a group of elite online gamers each receive a mysterious invitation to trial a state-of-the-art virtual reality video game, they soon realise that this is no game after all.

Ratings and reviews

Meh. Didn't enjoy. Despite an obviously decent budget, and even good acting here and there (but certainly not everywhere), it felt much like a very low budget film. I wouldn't recommend.

Great concept, well directed, with good CGI and music. Not the most inspiring plot, but worth a watch!

Great characters and effects, liked the thriller/sci-fi/horror storyline, great twist!