Reżyseria:
Joel SchumacherScenariusz:
Larry CohenZdjęcia:
Matthew LibatiqueMuzyka:
Harry Gregson-WilliamsObsada:
Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Radha Mitchell, Katie Holmes, Paula Jai Parker, Tia Texada, John Enos III, Richard T. Jones (więcej)VOD (5)
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Specjalista do spraw reklamy Stu Shepherd (Colin Farrell) idąc jedną z nowojorskich ulic odbiera przypadkowo dzwoniący telefon w budce. Wie, że to pomyłka, nie może się jednak opanować i podnosi słuchawkę. Nie przypuszcza nawet, że ten telefon zmieni całe jego życie... "Odłóż słuchawkę, a jesteś trupem" - mówi mu tajemniczy rozmówca (Kiefer Sutherland). Na poparcie swoich słów ukrywający się snajper jednym celnym strzałem zabija przypadkowego przechodnia. Budkę telefoniczną otacza policja przekonana, że zabójcą jest Stu. Dowodzący akcją kapitan Ramey (Forest Whitaker) próbuje przekonać go, by się poddał. Na miejscu zdarzeń pojawiają się żona Stu, Kelly (Radha Mitchell) i jedna z jego klientek, początkująca aktorka Pamela (Katie Holmes), którą Stu chce uwieść. Tajemniczy rozmówca ma wszystkich w zasięgu strzału... Stu zdaje sobie sprawę, że jest marionetką w rękach niewidocznego snajpera. Jeśli chce przeżyć, musi go przechytrzyć, a świadkami jego desperackiej walki stają się Kelly, Pamela, funkcjonariusze policji i tłumy gapiów... (Syrena)
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Recenzje (11)
How much does each of us hide? How much do we pretend in front of others and what will we do when we are exposed? What if his threats are not empty and the secret he reveals won't be the end of it? How quickly are we able to reassess our highest priorities when it comes to life, not just for ourselves, but also for those closest to us? It was a perfectly delicious pizza, and you're certainly going to wish you had accepted it.... Colin Farrell's perfect performance and the brilliant voice acting of the sniper in a film, which at the time had absolutely no competition. Even many subsequent screenings cannot change the fact that Joel Schumacher and Larry Cohen had surpassed themselves forever.
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Yeah, when the phone rings in the booth nearby again, I can't even imagine going to pick it up... or can I? Joel Schumacher's film meets all the criteria of an "intelligent" thriller. Minimalist design, great acting (especially the rebirth of narcissist Farella is a delicacy!), interesting work with images (the twisting of shots increases the tension and gradient), decent music and especially a solidly written screenplay which, with a minimum of resources, escalates the absurdity and horror of the situation in which the hostage of the voice on the phone finds himself. I could probably do without tacky and theatrical ending. All in all, it's not a movie that I get overly excited about, but I certainly recommend watching it on movie night for sure...
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KIEFER RULES! The main star in this inventive thriller for me is not the great Colin Farrell, but the absolutely perfect voice performance of Keifer Shuterland. I wouldn’t want to see this film dubbed. And I also wonder how the video distributors will handle it when converting it to VHS format. Schumacher divides the screen into several windows in which we see the plot running simultaneously from different locations. It's nothing new, but I like this method often used in the 1960s.
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I’m grateful to Telecom/Télefonica O2 for getting rid of the telephone boxes from my neighborhood. I’m such a dummy that I also might pick up a forlorn call. Just that I’m in no way such a hot shot like Farrell. I’d be a darn piece of cake for “that guy". And for this movie is a piece of cake too because everything works as it should and practically all came out unprecedentedly well. Especially the atmosphere. Something that would be hard to find in a regular Prague phone booth.
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Even after watching this film twenty times, it's still an inventive, clever, and suspenseful thriller where Joel Schumacher, constrained by budget and shooting days, lets the entire weight of the plot be carried by the polished dialogue of the Farrell-Sutherland pair. For this, the biggest thanks go to Larry Cohen, who did have some mistakes and logical question marks in the script, but the witty social criticism together with the escalation of the plot reliably carries the film for the entire 70-minute runtime.
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