One Missed Call
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Movie Reviews of One Missed Call
Movie Review: Crappy Remake After Crappy Remake When Will It END???
Summary: 2 Stars
After getting this two movie pack(The First was Pulse and this movie) I didn't think the remake of the Japanese horror movie Pulse would have a worse remake, boy was I wrong this equals or even surpasses that expectation. The small parts of the movie do stay the same with the original but there are so little it doesn't really matter with this atrocious remake. The actors and actresses were so pathetic it wasn't even funny they seem to be in the same group from the Pulse remake which is truly sad in itself. AS with most remakes you just end up not really caring for any of the characters unlike the original movies, it just seemed you weren't really waiting to see if they escaped their death but if it would be a horrific or quick one, and with most of this cast I truly wished they had gotten ten times the horrific deaths than they did. It's just so sad that a lot of these original movies which are great become such trash with Hollywoods remake plans. The effects are decent I'll give them that but that's probably the only good thing you'll find with this movie other than your usual women in skimpy clothes shots. So I say if you're still interested in this just rent it from your video store because no matter what this sad monstrosity is not worth owning...Movie Review: Another remake, huh?
Summary: 2 Stars
Everyone has already said this before. American remakes of foreign horror films never do justice. Horror films like Ju-On: The Grudge, Gin Gwai (The Eye), Kairo (Pulse), and even Rec always seem to be downgraded with standard shock effects and pointless blood & gore. If you have seen these movies back to back (except Rec/Quarantine), then you'll notice the difference. Most of the original foreign versions rely more on atmosphere, while the remakes rely more on shocks effects. One Missed Call is another one that can be considered a failure. It isn't among the worst remakes, but it's still dull and ineffective. Granted, I've seen the original Japanese version, so I knew what was going to happen during the American remake. And watching this movie "again" made the experience even worse. But aside from that, the acting is completely terrible (Come on, Edward Burns, you can do better than this!), the scares are nowhere to be found, and the characters are pretty much unlikable. The movie isn't at all a failure: there are a few images that are rather more creative than frightening. Still, this remake of One Missed Call is nothing to be scared about. It's just not very enjoyable.
Grade: 3/10
Movie Review: A missable movie
Summary: 2 Stars
Can't compare this with the Miike original since I haven't seen it but anything has to better than this movie. It's nice to see the beautiful Shannyn Sossamon in a leading role. She stars as a college student whose friends start dying in mysterious ways. Before their deaths each one got some terrifying voice mails. When two of her classmates are murdered she fears that she might be next. She partners with a detective played by Ed Burns. His sister has just died under the same circumstances so he has just as much motive to end the killings as she does. The two follow every lead they can get to find out who is making these calls. Ray Wise pops up and he's as creepy as ever. He plays the host of a reality t.v. program that specializes in performing exorcisms on air. The background story was interesting since it dealt with childhood abuse involving the main character at the hands of her mother. Laura Harring plays the mother and she's filmed from some very unflattering low angles. This information is essential since in their investigation the two discover that the killer may have also suffered abuse as a child. The film is okay but certainly another in a long line of pointless horror remakes.Movie Review: Harmless Horror...But I've Seen Much Worse
Summary: 2 Stars
So here is another Americanized version of a Japanese ghost story. Why not? The formula made tons of cash with "The Ring" and "The Grudge", might as well milk the genre for all its worth.
This time instead of a video tape, it's cell phones that allow one pissed off ghostie to travel around killing off various college friends by "Final Destination" methods. Of course you can't just make a ghost story anymore, there has to be a reason for the ghost, and the reasons laid out in "One Missed Call" are pretty complicated to say the least. I think the ghost got tired of trying to keep up with all the twists forced into the script by the writers and got angry trying to understand it's motivation for killing off all these Abercrombie & Fitch models???
So while "One Missed Call" isn't a great film, it's watchable in that "hey-it's-late-and-nothing-else-is-on" mode, or if your only choices come down to "One Missed Call" or some soft-core porn thing made by Shannon Tweed in 1987 before she met Gene Simmons airing on Cinemax, then go with "One Missed Call"...(of course Shannon Tweed was pretty hot in 1987.......).
Movie Review: run-of-the-mill horror outing
Summary: 2 Stars
"One Missed Call" confirms what many of us have long suspected: that voice mail is indeed a tool of the devil. In this film, an evil spirit sends death messages to a group of terrorized college students via a cell phone tree. Soon, the corpses are piling up almost as fast as the discarded calling devices, while Beth (Shannyn Sossamon), one of the targeted victims, and Jack (Edward Burns), the homicide detective who takes on the case, race around madly trying to bring an end to the horror.
This mediocre, assembly-line product comes equipped with the requisite number of nubile young victims, phony leads, false scares and hyperventilating special effects. But, frankly, all you'll really be wondering is how many cell phones were harmed in the making of this film.