Unknown Caller (2014)

This has got to be one of the more insanely bad films I've ever seen, which is saying a lot. The plot holes are Grand-Canyon-sized and the acting is pretty awful, with the exception of the 7-year-old girl, who is quite good. The female lead has a terrible time suppressing her British accent when the tension rises. And half the moments she should look horrified, she has this odd little smile on her face instead. The male lead is at least pleasant to look at, but pretty wooden.The cinematography is pleasing and the production design not bad at all, although the horrible CGI is intrusive during a pointless car chase sequence and an explosion. But the script and direction, oh my God- just beyond belief. The violent moments are uniformly inept in their cutting. Continuity and logic problems are so numerous and glaring that you can't even count them. To take only two:-how does the poor dude who gets shot early on, and looks near death when they drag him inside, then grow stronger and more robust the more blood he loses? the way this character figures out where the perpetrator might be is laughable enough, but OK, he is 1.7 miles away. Then the main character has to go on a frantic solo car "chase" that appears to traverse most of downtown Birmingham and involves going down the wrong direction of one-way streets into traffic for at least 1.7 miles??? Ludicrous.The way Aasim and Jill eventually get out of the house is so elementary and stupid that you can't believe he hadn't thought of it earlier. I just hope the 7-year-old gets some other roles because she has potential :)

A slick thriller where a man just finishes having the latest alarm system installed, when he receives a call from an unknown caller. The caller wants payback and he uses the alarm to do it as well as a huge bomb in the basement. The man's daughter gets dropped off for the night which ups the ante. He has to figure out who the caller is and what he did or else the whole house explodes. People can come in the house but if anyone leaves, the house will explode. Before you know it four people are trapped inside.This was a pretty tense ride. It does get a little draggy in some spots but they somehow do keep things flowing. This is however one of those films where a guy goes to a hell of a lot of trouble to get revenge. The reason behind the whole thing kind of resembles Oldboy.It did keep me hooked all the way through even though the concept has been done a few times.

not much to say,really really stupidand seems like they couldn't even find decent actors. Shocked they got the moneyfor movie with such a bad plotseriously - everything's bad and stupid.I hope they'll never ever get investment againthis is a waste, people should never make movies and actors should never play again, at least a girl, this is so.... badoh my god

I found this film riveting overall and, for the most part, fast moving. The story is direct, plausible, and easy to follow. The acting was very good all around. The score was appropriate while not overwhelming. The cinematography was quite good. The special effects were adequate. Frankly, the limited blood and gore were refreshing - I watch a film to be entertained, not grossed out. I rate a film on it's story line, delivery, production values, and overall quality. This film performs well in each category. Comparing one film to another I'll leave to others. Overall, a worthwhile and entertaining thriller. Recommended! - Erick Erickson