The Call Up
This time it's for real
2016 | 90m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Charles Barker |
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| Writer: | Charles Barker |
| Staring: |
| 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 quickly takes a turn for the sinister. Once the group are attacked by enemy combatants, they soon realize 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 bad, but this time it’s for real. | |
| Release Date: | May 20, 2016 |
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| Director: | Charles Barker |
| Writer: | Charles Barker |
| Genres: | Adventure, Action, Science Fiction |
| Keywords | video game, future, virtual reality |
| Production Companies | Red & Black Films, Creative England, Stigma Films, Marzipan Productions, Pont Neuf Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Max Deacon | Carl |
| Morfydd Clark | Shelly |
| Ali Cook | Edward |
| Chris Obi | The Sergeant |
| Tom Benedict Knight | Marco |
| Dino Fazzani | Terrorist |
| Adriana Randall | Taylor |
| Malcolm Modele | Terrorist |
| Parker Sawyers | Andre |
| Boris Ler | Zahid |
| Douggie McMeekin | Adam |
| Jaimi Barbakoff | Wanda |
| Greg Kolpakchi | Terrorist |
| Mac Pietowski | Terrorist |
| Stuart McNeil | Terrorist |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Paul McFadden | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Doug Sinclair | ADR Editor |
| James Nunn | Second Unit Director |
| Charles Barker | Director, Writer |
| Tom Raybould | Music |
| Colin Jones | Casting |
| Ellie Pash | Set Decoration |
| Liz West | Script Supervisor |
| Celebrity Booker | Casting Associate |
| Robert Austin-Taylor | First Assistant Camera |
| Christian Lett | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Velina Iankova | Makeup Artist |
| Vincent Keane | Stunt Coordinator |
| Victoria Goodall | Line Producer |
| Annabelle Bevan | Set Dresser |
| Rose Wilde | Production Coordinator |
| Laura O'Connell | Scenic Artist |
| Matthew Kallen | ADR Mixer |
| Robin Gerrard | Boom Operator |
| Jamie Talbutt | Foley Mixer |
| Liam Doyle | Prosthetics |
| Erin Currie | Focus Puller |
| Mitchell Payne | Camera Trainee |
| Luke Stone | Key Grip |
| Roopesh Parekh | Production Consultant |
| Samantha Day-Lewis | Compositor |
| Anthony Williams | Compositor |
| Daniel Wood | Visual Effects Technical Director |
| Dan Martin | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Tommy Boulding | Editor |
| Richard Campling | Production Design |
| Lee James Trueman | Armorer |
| Toby Spigel | Casting Associate |
| James Harrison | Camera Operator |
| Peter Rogers | Visual Effects Producer |
| Jennifer Drew | Makeup Artist |
| Levan Doran | Stunts Coordinator |
| Peter Burgoyne | Rigging Gaffer |
| Liam Lock | First Assistant Director |
| Eleanor Boyce | Dialect Coach |
| Rachel Denning | Scenic Artist |
| Bryn Duffy | Boom Operator |
| Meltem Baytok Topalakci | Foley Artist |
| Jon Salmon-Joyce | Supervising Sound Effects Editor |
| Kirsty Allen | Costume Standby |
| Jaime Medrano Jr. | Focus Puller |
| Marcus Knight | Grip |
| Tobias James Tomkins | Colorist |
| Toffee Mushawasha | CG Artist |
| Paul Vorsman | Compositor |
| Cale Pugh | Compositing Lead |
| Alex Woodward | Art Direction |
| Lindsey Archer | Costume Design |
| Libby Irwin | Costume Supervisor |
| Ryan William White | Director of Photography |
| Deborah Price | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Scarlett O'Connell | Makeup Designer |
| Peter Trevena | Gaffer |
| Hannah Forbes | Makeup Artist |
| Nathan Palmer | Foley Editor |
| Lottie McDowell | Standby Art Director |
| Matt Reeves | Scenic Artist |
| Mirza Tahirović | ADR Recordist |
| Julie Ankerson | Foley Artist |
| Nigel Albermaniche | Production Sound Mixer |
| Slobodan Velickovic | Special Effects Technician |
| Lauren Hatchard | Focus Puller |
| Arthur Graham-Maw | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Eliot Stone | Camera Loader |
| Toke Jepsen | CG Artist |
| Jonathon Parker | Compositor |
| Paul Nicholas | Creative Director |
| Nick Starr | Second Assistant Director |
| John Lee | Director of Photography |
| Cristian Knight | Stunts |
| Name | Title |
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| Matthew James Wilkinson | Producer |
| John Giwa-Amu | Producer |
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I really didn't know what to expect from this but I have to say I really liked it! The suspense is on the edge of your seat stuff. Very timely with all the hype around VR at the moment. If you're in to your sci fi it's a must see... ...
I caught this at the London Sci-Fi festival where it went down a storm. It has a great premise (a group of gamers take part in a life-like virtual reality game like Call of Duty but things are more dangerous than they first appear...). The production design and direction are superb even with a small ... budget and there are strong performances throughout. Great fun all round – highly recommended!
An impressive film recommended to passionate gamers and for sci-fi buff. The apparently simple premise has the immediacy of a lost classic: pure, quite gripping and brilliantly transposed on screen. A little cult movie that deserves to be seen! ...
I really loved this film :) I saw it in the cinema and it kept me on the edge of my seat from start to finish! It is full of cool twists, sprinkled with a good dash of humour too. (I didn't guess the plot twists which is always a sign of a good film for me!) Think Hunger Games, meets the Matrix - If ... you like sci-fi you have to see The Call Up!!