The Call Up (film)

Name: The Call Up (film)
Released: 2016-08-11
Rating: 4.9
Cast: Max Deacon

Director: Charles Barker
Cast: Max Deacon
Region: United Kingdom
Genre: Science fiction
Released: 2016-08-11
Runtime: 90 min
Original language: English
Release dates: United States 2016-05-20, Japan 2016-11-19, United Kingdom 2016-05-23, France 2017-07-12
Keywords: future, video game, virtual reality, online game, military simulation, modern warfare, high-tech experiment, enemy combatants

Overview

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.