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Thursday, 15 January 2015

The Calling (2014)

Susan Sarandon, in a rather uninspired role of narcotics abuser and listless rural cop, is on the trail of a series of ritualistic murders. With the help of the rookie transfer (Topher Grace) and her fellow detective (Gil Bellows), they narrowly stumble onto each lead. Despite being pegged as a thriller in the trailer, the pace is extremely slow and many of the performances lackluster. It's blatantly obvious this is director Jason Stone's first feature. I did however find some creep factor in the cinematography portraying the bleak Ontario winter and the performances from Donald Sutherland and Christopher Heyerdahl.

2 attention-getting tennis balls out of 5

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