Halle Berry calls the shots
Photos courtesy of Catalyst Alliance (Thailand)
and United Home Entertainment
Did you know
Halle Berry won an Academy Award for her role in the 2002 film Monster's Ball.
In the action-packed new suspense thriller The Call, a teenage kidnap victim’s only hope of survival is a compassionate voice on the other end of a mobile phone who is doing all she can to save her.
Emergency call centre operator Jordan (Halle Berry) had the job of navigating public distress calls in order to help people in danger and save lives.
One day when Jordan is leading a group of new recruits through a call centre operation, she takes a call from teenager Casey (Abigail Breslin), who has been abducted by a serial killer (Michael Eklund) and is using her mobile phone to call from the trunk of a car.
Jordan must take charge and try to help Casey, while racing against time to track down the killer before it’s too late.
Catch the action, drama and suspense when The Call hits local cinemas on June 6.
Vocabulary
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compassionate (adj): feeling or showing sympathy for people who are suffering
navigate (v): to find the right way to deal with a difficult or complicated situation
distress (n): a situation in which somebody is in danger and needs help
abduct (v): to take somebody away illegally, especially using forceIdioms
on the line: at risk
against time: as fast as you can because you do not have much time
