The Call Up (film)

The Call Up
Directed byCharles Barker
Written byCharles Barker
Produced by
  • John Giwa-Amu
  • Matthew James Wilkinson
Starring
CinematographyJohn Lee
Edited byTommy Boulding
Music byTom Raybould
Production
companies
  • Red & Black Films
  • Stigma Films
Distributed byAltitude Film Distribution
Release date
  • 5 April 2016 (2016-04-05) (BIFFF)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Call Up is a 2016 British science fiction thriller film written and directed by Charles Barker. It stars Max Deacon, Morfydd Clark, Ali Cook, Parker Sawyers, Tom Benedict Knight, Boris Ler, Douggie McMeekin, and Adriana Randall as top-ranked gamers who are invited to beta test a new first-person shooter virtual reality game. When they discover the equipment includes lethal feedback, they must win the game to survive.

The film premiered at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival and was released in the UK on 20 May 2016.