Movie·2016·90 min

The Call Up

Name: The Call Up
Genre: Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
Released: 2016-05-20
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 5.1
Cast: Max Deacon, Morfydd Clark, Ali Cook, Chris Obi, Tom Benedict Knight

The Call Up streams in the US on Hoopla, and free with ads on Fandango at Home Free, Pluto TV and Tubi TV, as of October 6, 2026.

This time it's for real

5.1 / 10 · TMDB

Adventure Action Science Fiction

When a group of elite online gamers each receive a mysterious invitation to trial a state-of-the-art virtual reality video game, it’s a dream come true and impossible to resist. Arriving at the test site, the group step into hi-tech gear and prepare for a revolutionary, next-level gaming experience that brings modern warfare to life with frightening realism. At first it’s a unique and exhilarating experience. But what starts out like a dream encounter with cutting edge technology quickly takes a turn for the sinister. Once the group are attacked by enemy combatants, they soon realize this is no game after all. Make a mistake here and you pay with your life. Now these masters of the shoot ‘em up will have to fight for survival within a game gone bad, but this time it’s for real.

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