One Missed Call A Movie Review	MPAA Rated - PG-13 It's 1:27 Long A Review by The Dude on the Right

As tends to be the case with current Japanese horror movies, "One Missed Call," based on the Japanese version "Chakushin Ari," deals with the evil delivery system that has become technology, in this case the cell phone because, well, spirits of dead people can manipulate electric energy, radio waves, or something like that. All around Beth (Sossamon) people are dying when they receive a message on their cell phone (even sans battery) set to a bizarre ring tone, with the date and time of the message a little bit in the distance (usually a day or two). The voicemail: Exactly what they are saying or what is happening a few seconds before they die, and then their death. Sure enough the soon-to-be-dead people start seeing weird things, kinda ghostly and kinda scary, then, of course, the situation happens that puts them in the exact situation heard on the phone, they say the same thing in the message, if appropriate, then they die, usually in horrific and bizarre ways. Most of the cops thinks Beth is nuts yet they have no explanation for the candy in the dead people’s mouths, but our hero detective, Jack (Edward Burns), knows something is amiss because his sister died the same way, getting a voicemail, dying, and then sucking on a piece of candy. Of course Beth’s phone rings, there isn’t much time to save her from her upcoming demise, but our couple has to backtrack to figure out exactly where, from beyond the grave, the calls are coming from in hopes of saving Beth. Then, of course, even creepier stuff ensues.

So why did I give "One Missed Call" 3 stars? I’ll tell you why. Because the trailer does absolutely nothing to trick you into what kind of movie you are getting (how many of you went to see "Sweeney Todd" thinking it was a gruesome murder story and not realizing it was a musical?). If you like to laugh and have fun at these kinds of horror movies, well, the trailer shows you that is what you are going to get, even if some parts of the story lose focus (I was all with the ghost thing and hallucinations, but the moving corpse lost me a tad in the realm of explanation), and if these kinds of movie creep you out but you want to see it anyway, you get the same thing. It’s only rated PG-13 so you know the gore will be toned down, there won’t be a lot of cursing, and no one’s getting naked (damn), but if you’re in high school and want to see a movie with your friends, what are you gonna see this weekend, "The Water Horse?" No, you’re going to see a horror movie that will make you laugh at your friend because they jumped out their seat when a knife comes through the door.

I didn’t expect a movie/horror masterpiece mostly because when you see the trailer, how could you?  You will get exactly what you expect, and sure, it’s not as creepy nor as creative as "The Ring" but who cares - go see the movie and have some fun with your friends and stay out of trouble.  Here on January 5, 2008, as I'm writing this review, it's easy to see that "One Missed Call" is the best thriller of 2008.  ;-)

That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!