THE CALL UP

By Charles BARKER

MONGREL MEDIA INC. - as DISTR

Science-fiction - Completed 2015

A group of online gamers are invited to trial a state-of-the-art virtual reality video game. But things take a turn for the sinister when these master of the shoot 'em up discover they will literally be fighting for their lives.

    • Year of production
    • 2015
    • Genres
    • Science-fiction, Thriller
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Charles BARKER
    • Writer(s)
    • Charles BARKER
    • Producer(s)
    • Matthew James WILKINSON, John GIWA-AMU
    • Synopsis
    • 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 realise 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.