Shannyn Sossamon

Edward Burns

Ana Claudia Talancón

Ray Wise

Azura Skye

Johnny Lewis

Jason Beghe

Margaret Cho

Meagan Good

Rhoda Griffis

Dawn Dininger

Ariel Winter

Sarah Jean Kubik

Raegan Lamb

Karen Beyer

Alana Locke

Dave Spector

Mary Lynn Owen

Roy McCrerey

Lauren Peyton

Greg Corbett

Donna Biscoe

Edith Ivey

Wilbur Fitzgerald

Bart Hansard

Randy McDowell

Jody Thompson

Geoff McKnight

Kate Kneeland

Bob Seel

Jason Horgan

Rona Nix

Kaira Akita

Jeff Portell

Luke Michael Williams

Brian Beegle

Kendyl McCray

DeMontrez Spears

Amber Brooke

Dana Abercrombie

John Jason Bailey

Matthew Browning

J.C. Doler

Kelly Finley

Laura Harring

Anthony B. Harris

Blake Hester

Daisy Jade

Jason H. Karniol

Robert Keith Kelly

Kasia Kowalczyk

Shaun Lynch

Faye Yvette McQueen

Kelly Natividade

Joe O'Shea

Joe Przedwiecki

Anthony Singleton

Brian Spencer

Stacey Turner

Shinya Egawa

Glen MacPherson

Eric Valette

Josef Lautenschlager

Steve Mirkovich

Andreas Thiesmeyer

Andrew Klavan

Jennie Lew Tugend

Martin Schuermann

Broderick Johnson

Scott Kroopf

Timothy M. Bourne

Sandra Hernandez

Reinhold Heil

Andrew A. Kosove

Johnny Klimek

Yasushi Akimoto

Kelly Wagner

Shay Bentley Griffin

Nancy Nayor

Laurence Bennett

Deb Adair

Nila Neukum

Douglas L. Hill

Beau Borders

Whit Norris

Tateum Kohut

Frank Galline

Christina Ann Wilson

Alicia Accardo

Kevin Crehan

Cedar Valentine

Guy D'Alema

Yolanda T. Cochran

Gregor Wilson

Kami Asgar

Tommy Lockett

Deva Anderson

Rick Grayson

Richard L. Fox

Robert Brubaker

Anderson Martin

Heather Grierson

Liisa Cohen

Cal Johnson

Lena Fennema

Karen Davis

Bob Fisher

John Zimmerman

Shelly Johnson

Michele Ziegler

Lonnie R. Smith Jr.

Davis Bates

Gerard 'Gus' Williams

David Paul Lord

Chris Papajohn

Michele Thompson

Lauren Weissman

Lars Petersen

Dan Post

Carol Sadler

Dominika Posserén

Kim Ronstadt

Rhonney Greene

Charlie B. Spaht

Caleb Womble

Dwight Benjamin-Creel

Sam Montiforte

Justin Taylor

Brad Thompson

Daniel B. Ossello

Joe Binford Jr.

Dawn Llewellyn

Lisa Markou

Maxine Gervais

Anne Wilson

Volker Umpfenbach

Robert A. Levine

Michael H. Ward

Matt Neel

Randy Goux

K. Drew Fuller

Cindy A. Ganoe

Jeff Olan

Diane LeDesma

Ian Midgley

Drew Meyers

Monique Younger

Tritia Espinoza

Shawn M. Gray

Marc Fisichella

Brendan McHale

Johanna Klingenberger

Brett Burkholder

Stan Swofford

Evans Griffin

Richard Salinas

Horror

Mystery

Thriller

One Missed Call

Intermedia Films

Alcon Entertainment

KADOKAWA

Warner Bros. Pictures

Warner Bros. Entertainment

Equity Pictures Medienfonds IV

United States of America

Germany

Japan

"One Missed Call" is a remake of the Japanese version from 2003, was directed by Eric Valette and stars Shannyn Sossamon in the leading role. The plot was as simple back then as it is here and now. People receive a call from their own future self to their own cell containing the last few seconds of their deaths. 

The only problem with this remake is, that the film makers had no idea what they were doing and in my opinion the material of original director Takashi Miike was pretty much raped and left for dead. Not only that this remake doesn't have the creepy feeling of the original "Chakushin Ari", even the characters have been "white washed". We have seen this already with the US remake of "The Ring", with the differenece that in that remake a lot of respect was shown towards the original movie "Ringu". Not so in "One Missed Call". The significant ringtone was changed to a dull and relaxed one, taking completely away that sharp and chilling aura surrounding these calls. On top director Eric Valette completely missed the point of "One Missed Call" being a franchise such as the already mentioned "The Ring" and also "The Grudge". Of all these franchises solely "The Grudge" was able to stick to the basic idea behind the Asian vengeful spirit, probably because original director Takashi Shimizu also took on the US remake. Yes, there were mostly non Asian characters in it and that was fine for the spirits in form of Kayako and Toshio kept their Japanese origin, making the 3 US remakes still relatable to the origin "Yu-On" franchise. "The Ring" already failed to do so by replacing Sadako with Samara, but at least it was a really good movie with a great atmosphere. 

"One Missed Call" was supposed to carry the tradition forth with Mimiko, but instead we got some random characters you don't even care about and the PG13 crime gives this remake its death blow. You loved the original especially for the extended bone breaking, limb twisting death scene in the film studio? Forget about that in this one. This here is made for children's eyes. Sure, the CGI ghost effects towards the end were somewhat charming, but it is just about as creepy as some effects presented in "The Pirates Of The Carribean" and such. The hugging scene of the mother with rotten flesh falling off her fouly body piece by piece? Not even included! The only correct similarity seems to be that in both films the little girl who later becomes the vengeful spirit died due to an Asthma attack ignored by the mother(s). But that's about it.  

This remake is shot nicely and also the leading actors Shannyn Sossamon and Edward Burns tried their best to carry the film, but when the film itself already lacks any form of vision and respect for its origin, it just ends up as being a pointless, soulless cash grab product with a few nice visuals. If your kids are 13 you can show this atrocity to them, but please... as soon as they are old enough, do them a favour and show them the real thing. To all the fans of the original: stay away from this one. It will only anger you and leave a very bad taste in your mouth... Or is that due to the red candy? You have been warned!

Andre Gonzales

Good movie. I hear a lot of bad things about this movie, but I don't understand why. I thought it was a pretty good movie. Any one would be scared if this happened to them.

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One Missed Call - Trailer 1