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A young man receives an emergency phone call on his cell phone from an older woman. She claims to have been kidnapped – and the kidnappers have targeted her husband and child next.
2004 · Directed by David R. Ellis · 94 min · Action · Thriller · Drama · Crime · Screenplay in the scene database · 2 frames
Tagline
If the signal dies so does she.
Plot
Science teacher Jessica Martin with her husband Craig and their son Ricky. One morning, after Jessica takes Ricky to the bus stop, intruders break into her house, kill her housekeeper Rosario, kidnap and confine her in an attic, and smash the landline. Jessica manages to use the wires of the broken phone to contact a random number.
Ryan is hanging out at Santa Monica Pier with his friend Chad when he comes across his ex, Chloe, who dumped him. Hoping to get back with her, he offers to help with the fundraiser being held there; he gets Chad to hand out the fliers until he returns with the T-shirts. On his way, Ryan gets a call on his cellphone from Jessica, who tells him she's been kidnapped, and her phone is shattered.
Although Ryan thinks it's a prank, Jessica gets him to go to the police, where he reports it to Sergeant Bob Mooney. A fight between officers and gang members breaks out. Mooney intervenes and tells him to report the kidnapping on the fourth floor. However, Ryan can't find anyone on the way up, and will lose the call due to poor cell service if he continues up. Ethan Greer, the leader of the kidnappers, demands Craig's location from Jessica When she refuses to cooperate, he leaves to get Ricky. Overhearing them, Ryan realises the kidnapping is real, hurries to Ricky's school, only to see the boy being kidnapped. Hijacking a security officer's car, he gives chase, but loses them. As his phone battery is running low, he takes a gun in the car and uses it to jump a queue and buy a charger.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Chris Morgan
- Cinematography: Gary Capo
- Edited by: Eric A. Sears
- Music: John Ottman
- Production design: Jaymes Hinkle
- Produced by: Lauren Lloyd, Dean Devlin
Cast
- Kim Basinger as Jessica Martin
- Chris Evans as Ryan Hewitt
- Jason Statham as Ethan
- William H. Macy as Sgt. Bob Mooney
- Noah Emmerich as Jack Tanner
- Valerie Cruz as Dana Bayback
- Richard Burgi as Craig Martin
- Eric Christian Olsen as Chad
- Jessica Biel as Chloe
- Adam Taylor Gordon as Ricky Martin
Production
- Country: United States of America, Germany
- Language: English
- Studios: Electric Entertainment
- Budget: $25,000,000
- Box office: $57,678,321
- Themes: police, psychopath, bank, telephone, los angeles, california, home invasion, cell phone, duringcreditsstinger
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