The Call Up (2016)

Title: The Call Up

Original Title: The Call Up

Release Date: 2016-05-20

Status: Released

Rating: 5.1/10 (from 134 votes)

Language: EN

Genres: Adventure, Action, Science Fiction

Production Companies: Pont Neuf Productions, Red & Black Films, Creative England, Stigma Films, Marzipan Productions

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.