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Overview

User Rating:
6.5/10   29,643 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Larry Cohen (story)
Chris Morgan (screenplay)
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Release Date:
10 September 2004 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
If the signal dies so does she.
Plot:
A young man receives an emergency phone call on his cell phone from an older woman. The catch? The woman claims to have been kidnapped; and the kidnappers have targeted her husband and child next. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
An exhilarating thrill ride! more (325 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Caroline Aaron ... Marilyn Mooney
Brenda Ballard ... Irate Customer #1

Kim Basinger ... Jessica Martin

Will Beinbrink ... Young Security Guard

Jessica Biel ... Chloe
Chase Bloch ... Timid Boy
Chelsea Bloch ... Surf Girl's Friend

Chantille Boudousque ... Chloe's Chilly Friend
Robin Brenner ... Excitable Customer
Richard Burgi ... Craig Martin
Paige Cannon ... Girl at Concert
Nikki Christian ... Porsche Girl

John Churchill ... Young Guard

Greg Collins ... Aging Security Guard

Valerie Cruz ... Dana Bayback
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Final Call - Wenn er auflegt, muss sie sterben (Germany) (DVD title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence, terror situations, language and some sexual references.
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94 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The tattoo on Ryan's right arm is the Japanese Character for "Loyalty" and "Honor", the defining heroic trait of this otherwise completely ordinary boy. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Ryan records Chloe on his cellphone at the pier and she tells him that he is "iresponsible, self-centered and completely childish". When he watches the recording in the truck, she never says "self-centered". more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Ricky Martin: Mom, will you still be a science teacher when I get into high school?
Jessica Martin: Hmm... You never know. Why?
Ricky Martin: 'Cause I think it'd be kind of weird to have your mom as a teacher.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Celling Out (2004) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Baby Why more

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113 out of 159 people found the following comment useful.
An exhilarating thrill ride!, 13 September 2004
8/10
Author: lquisp from Chicago

Awesome flick! Kept me on the edge of my seat from start to finish. The plot twists were surprisingly convincing and I didn't have to stretch too far to suspend disbelief. It way outshone my expectations and I found myself swept right up in the action. The acting was superb and the direction kept us moving from nail-biting suspense to laughing at the stereotyped ignorant store clerks, nasty lawyers and others that are encountered at various points in the script. What a great balance of believable and amusing! We had the greatest time enjoying this film. The parts that weren't so believable were very satisfying and the parts that were believable were incredibly suspenseful. The point is, the whole thing made for a terrific package. No, you won't go home a better person for having seen this. And you won't carry the images with you or ponder great philosophies because of it. It's not a To Kill a Mockingbird of Of Mice and Men, but it is a wonderful escape from all you problems for a couple hours and you'll feel like you've been on the most exhilarating thrill ride you could find in the park! All thumbs up for this one!

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