BLU-RAY
REVIEW: THE CALL
6/24/2013
OVERVIEW: Academy Award® winner Halle Berry (Best Actress, Monster’s Ball, 2001) stars as a veteran 911 operator who takes a life-altering call from a kidnapped teenage girl, played by Academy Award® nominee Abigail Breslin (Best Supporting Actress, Little Miss Sunshine, 2006), in THE CALL, debuting on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack and DVD with UltraViolet™ June 25th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. When a terrified kidnap victim (Breslin) calls 911 from the trunk of a madman’s car, Jordan (Berry) realizes she must confront a killer from her past to put an end to the serial killer’s haunting rampage. THE CALL also stars Morris Chestnut (Identity Thief, Think Like A Man), Michael Imperioli (The Lovely Bones, TV’s “The Sopranos”), Michael Eklund (TV’s “Alcatraz”) and WWE star David Otunga.
The Blu-ray Combo Pack exclusively features an alternate ending, deleted and extended scenes, Michael Eklund’s Audition Tape, and two all-new featurettes taking viewers behind the scenes for set tours and stunt breakdowns. Both the Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD come with a making-of featurette, as well as commentary by Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin and filmmakers.
SYNOPSIS: In this heart-pounding, edge-of-your-seat thriller, veteran 911 operator Jordan (Academy Award® Winner Halle Berry, Monster’s Ball, 2001) takes a life-altering call from a teenage girl (Academy Award® nominee Abigail Breslin, Little Miss Sunshine, 2006) who has been kidnapped and thrown into the trunk of a madman’s car. But with the clock ticking, Jordan soon realizes she must confront a killer from her past to put an end to a serial killer’s haunting rampage.
BLU-RAY:
The film is
presented in widescreen in a 1.85:1 aspect ration preserving its
theatrical format. The picture is just flawless. Not only the
picture looks great in this release, also the sound it is good,
a 5.1 Dolby Digital in English that provides a good complement
to the picture. It also includes English,
French
and Spanish subtitles.
VIDEO:
Widescreen (1.85:1) 16x9
AUDIO:
English
French 5.1 DTS-HDMA,
Subtitles - English
Spanish Danish Finnish French Norwegian Swedish
SPECIAL
FEATURES:
Emergency Procedure: Making the Film featurette -- A look at every aspect of the making of the film, from Richard D’Ovidio’s experience writing the screenplay through the final days of production.
Commentary with Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin and Filmmakers
Alternate Ending
Deleted and Extended Scenes
Michael Eklund Audition Tape
Two Featurettes:
o A Set Tour of The Hive and The Lair
– Director Brad Anderson gives viewers a tour of the Lair and the production designer gives a tour of the call center, also known as The Hive.
o Inside the Stunts
– Stunt coordinator, pyrotechnics experts, actors and stuntmen discuss filming the gas station fire scene.
Ultraviolet Copy