The Call Page #4

Synopsis: Jordan Turner (Halle Berry) is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue, but then teenager Casey Welson (Abigail Breslin) is abducted and calls 911. Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to try to help Casey escape and also to make sure the man is brought to justice.
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Director(s): Brad Anderson
Production: Sony Pictures
  1 win & 11 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
51
Rotten Tomatoes:
45%
R
Year:
2013
94 min
Website
3,456 Views


Okay, it all looks the same.

Okay. Okay.

- Okay, sweetheart, sweetheart.

- What's happening?

Casey, you told me

there was stuff in the trunk, right?

Describe what you see, Casey.

Gotta be something that can help.

Okay, look around.

Okay.

What do you see?

A bottle of bleach.

Some paint and a screwdriver.

A screwdriver, okay.

A paintbrush, a...

What else?

And a hoe.

Okay. What else?

Oh, my God, no.

No.

What is it?

My God. Oh, my God.

He's gonna bury me.

Casey, what is it, honey?

What is it?

There's a shovel,

he's gonna bury me.

He's gonna kill me

and then he's gonna bury me.

No, honey. Casey.

Casey, I need you to focus. Come on,

sweetie, pull it together. Come on.

No, I know he's gonna do this.

Get me out of here now.

What's your favorite movie?

Casey, what's your favorite movie?

What's your favorite movie?

What?

What's your favorite movie?

Just tell me, what...?

Tell me, what is it?

Bridesmaids.

Are you kidding me?

I love that movie.

I think I saw it

about a hundred times.

Okay, so you know what?

Let's make a deal, okay?

You and me, we'll go to the movies and

I'm gonna buy you anything you want.

Okay? You and me.

Okay.

Yeah, okay.

Now, what I need you to do

is to take one of those paint cans,

and I need you to open it. Okay?

Okay. Okay, okay, I got it.

Okay, you got it open. Good girl.

So pour that paint out of that hole.

Any available

units, kidnap in progress.

Suspect is white male, 30s, in a

four-door maroon, unknown make, model.

P.R. is in the trunk.

P. R. is leaving a trail

of white paint coming from the trunk.

I repeat, look for white paint along

northbound Fernando Boulevard.

The paint's almost gone.

Open another can of paint, okay?

Okay, please stay on the line.

Yeah, I'm right here, honey,

I'm right here.

# Hey there, angel

face Don't you look divine #

Hey. Hey.

Hey, how you doing?

Man, you got paint

coming out of your trunk.

Yeah. There.

Ah. Yeah, thanks.

All right.

Oh, no, Jordan! Jordan...

Casey?

No, no, no.

Casey?

Jordan.

Jordan! Jordan, can you hear me?

Casey, what's happening, honey?

Casey?

Casey, I need you to say something.

Casey, I need you

to talk to me, sweetheart.

Casey.

I need you to say something to me.

Casey.

No, no, no! Please!

- Please. Don't do any...

- No.

No, no, no!

Shut up!

- Aah! Aah!

- Shut up!

I said shut up

or I'm gonna kill you right here.

Look at what you did.

Adam-16, what you got?

Air 18, this is 14267.

We aren't locating any paint trails. Over.

No, no, no. No, please, don't.

Don't you cry.

No, no. Please don't...

Hey, you okay there, buddy?

Yeah. Some, uh...

Some paint cans spilled is all.

Yeah, because I saw the broken light

and the paint, and I don't know,

I just thought it looked weird.

You know?

Uh-huh. Yeah.

Real mess back here.

I bet.

Real mess back here.

Yeah.

Yeah, well, thanks for alerting me.

Yeah, yeah, sure, no worries, man.

All right, man.

Take care.

911...

F***!

Look what you made me do!

He's dead because of you!

Oh, my God. No, no, no!

Shut up.

Maddy, trace. We need the trace.

I got a ping on a tower

on Fernando Boulevard.

- We know that already.

- Shut up.

Please, don't do this, please.

Please.

This is Air 18, responding

to that assault off the 170.

Looks like we've got that red Camry

in a Metrolink lot.

Repeat, we're code six on the Camry.

Sh*t.

Get an SID unit here now.

8-Adam-16, what you got?

They're GOA.

There's a lot of broken glass.

And there's a lot of blood.

Jordan?

Casey.

Casey, I'm right here, baby.

What happened, honey? Are you hurt?

No, we switched cars.

He switched what?

We switched cars.

He switched cars.

This guy tried to help

and then he got hit over the head,

and then he threw him

in the back of the trunk.

There's a guy in the car?

In the trunk with me.

He threw the shovel in here

and said he was gonna bury me.

Casey, how hurt is he?

How hurt is the man?

He's dead.

He's gonna bury me, Jordan.

Okay, Casey.

There's a shovel with me.

I need you to describe

that car you're in, okay?

It's black. Um...

Okay.

Black.

What about the tail lights in this car?

Can you kick them out?

No, there's, like,

this metal frame over the...

Shh! No! Shh!

Aah! Aah!

Casey, what's happening?

Shut up, please. No, please.

You have to be quiet, please. Stop.

Help!

Let me out of here!

Please stop. Please!

Let me out of here!

You just have to shut up!

Shh!

Hello! Aah!

Please stop. Shut up, shut up.

Shut up. He can hear you,

he can hear you.

Stop, he's gonna kill you.

Oh, no, no, no.

Please, no!

Last warning.

No, please.

Last warning.

No.

I want this whole place covered.

So how we looking? Anything?

Partials.

Partials. You're telling me

you can't find one solid print?

Well, I don't know what to say.

He's smart. He wiped it.

He wasn't that smart.

Agent, I want this glass printed.

They issued an AMBER Alert.

We need the trace.

- Just keep her on the line.

- Jordan.

Casey. Casey, what's happening,

honey? What's happening?

He killed him.

He started screaming and

I tried to stop him, but he wouldn't,

and then he just...

He just killed him. It's all my fault.

There's a lot of people here counting on you.

Help us figure this out.

It's all my fault.

No, it's not your fault.

It's not your fault, okay, sweetheart?

Don't blame yourself.

Listen to me.

Sometimes,

we all get ourselves in situations

that sometimes get out of our control.

And bad things can happen, but it doesn't

mean that that's your fault, okay?

Jordan?

I'm here, I'm here.

Do you record these calls?

Yes, we do, why?

Well, because I just wanna leave my

family a message real quick. If I could.

No, no, you don't have to do that,

baby, we're gonna find you.

It'll just take a second. Just please.

Mom.

Mom, you were always

the perfect mother.

You gave me everything

that I ever wanted.

And I love you.

I love you so much.

Casey, I promise you

you're gonna see your mother again.

And I'm really sorry.

Please don't ever forget me.

That's all.

That's all I wanted to say.

Okay.

Okay, okay. Okay, sweetheart.

Casey.

You remember you told me

you were a fighter?

Yes, we're fighters. We're Capricorns

and we're fighters, remember?

Okay, so you know what we're gonna do

right now? We're gonna fight.

You and me, we're gonna fight, okay?

We're gonna fight.

Okay.

Okay, good girl.

Now, what I need you to do is go in

that man's pockets and get his wallet.

No. No.

I need you to get his wallet

and tell me what his name is, Casey.

I need to know who that man is.

In order for me to find you,

I have to know who this man is.

I need to know his name

as fast as you can, sweetheart.

Come on, honey, do it. You can do it.

His name is Alan Denado.

Good girl. You are a rock star, Casey.

Good girl.

All units, kidnap in progress,

female abducted at Fashion Plaza Mall.

P.R. is still online but in a different trunk.

Black Lincoln Town Car, owner-operated.

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