One Missed Call (JP) (V)
| release date | September 13 2005 |
| studio | Media Blasters |
| director | Takashi Miike |
| writer | Yasushi Akimoto, Minako Daira |
| starring | Kou Shibasaki, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Kazue Fukiishi, Renji Ishibashi |
| rating | R |
| site | chakuari.jp |
| trailer 1 | Trailer #1 |
1 Comments
Not as boring as the review makes it sound, although it does have its slow parts, but don’t all movies?
I usually can’t take the ghosty j-horror films, but One Missed Call works pretty well as it actually has some social commentary. Quite entertaining.
Way better than the remake AND rated R (wow, America, you could learn something from this)!
The movie’s kinda hit or miss, but when it hits it hits hard. It’s all about the death during the live TV broadcast. Totally took me by surprise.
Not to mention the movie takes a bit of a crazy turn near the end; becoming one of those movies where the main character and a reporter or detective go off to try to find out how it all got started and, though the result may not surprise you if you’re familiar with Japanese horror cinema, it’s definitely executed well and manages to not feel uber cheesy or cliche. !!SPOILER!! It’s a curse left behind by a young girl who died tragically! Omg!
without a doubt better than the stupid ass American remake…J-horror at its finest in this movie!
i just thought the whole movie was so boring, there are one or two scenes what i thought were pretty intresting due to the talent of Miike but the overall film i just found to be so dull, and i just kept willing for it to end i dont know why cus by reading about te film i thought it would of been brilliant but it just isnt and when the original is this bad i kind of understand better now why the american version sucked just as much
once again mr bd gets it all wrong
what a piece of crap! such a boring movie. i dont see what the big deal about J horror is?
Seemed a half hour longer than what it was, and the real running time is 113 mins—not a good sign. A couple creepy scenes (the TV station scene in particular), but felt the storyline a bit too implausible for me to buy into fully. That made complete interest in the story a difficult sell, even if having an open mind to anything. Not bad, and not good. Ok for a rainy day rental.
A really interesting and genuinely creepy film. The idea is original and some scenes were really quite frightening. I didn’t find it boring in the slightest and loved every minute. The Japenese are really great at horror and this is just another fine example. It’s a shame that I didn’t quite understand it towards the end. The plot became too complex and the ending just left me confused. But asides from that this is GREAT!
Sleepy.
Yeah, it has a good concept, and yeah, it’s sporadically entertaining. But am I supposed to feel fear when watching a horror film that WANTS to be scary? Oh hell yes. So why didn’t I feel fear whilst watching “One Missed Call”? Because it wasn’t scary: that’s why.
This is not a bad film; but merely a horror movie with a good premise, which in itself it looking for a worthwhile film. But alas, there’s not much I admire or liked about “One Missed Call”, and considering all the other stuff Takashi Miike has directed, it’s a big disappointment. It’s not scary, thrilling, or chilling enough to work. Miike has had better days than this, and that’s why I think “One Missed Call” is well-worth a solid “skip”.
One Missed Call = One Movie You Should Miss. Yes this is a Ringu rip off and a crappy convoluted one at that. Cheese fest. Utter waste of time.