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The Call Up (2016)

The Call Up poster
Directed by
Charles Barker
Genre
science fiction film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
16
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 151 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Top-ranked gamers are invited to beta test a new virtual reality first-person shooter game. They discover the equipment delivers lethal feedback and must win the game to survive.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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