Rating of
2/4
A predictable thriller
ikkegoemikke - wrote on 03/23/15
"The Calling" is a thriller about a religious serial killer. Just as "Frozen Ground" it takes place on Canadian territory. Despite the star cast (Susan Sarandon, Donald Sutherland and Topher Grace), this film is just a mediocre movie that certainly doesn't reach the level of "Silence of the Lambs". Hazel Micallef (Susan Sarandon) is a detective in a tiny little village where criminals apparently keep well away from because it's totally ​​crime-free. Micallef has her own personal problems with alcohol and pills playing an eminent role and making her spend more time next to the bed than in it. The retrieval of an old woman with a surgically precise slit throat, is the start of a thorough investigation that leads to a serial killer who bases his actions on an old religious story. Micallef, her colleague Ray (Gil Bellows) and newcomer Ben Wingate (Topher Grace) face a difficult task to solve this. Topher plays again such a role that the sad expression on his face comes in handy. And Sutherland acts in his familiar style and explains the entire case as a Santa-like priest. Consequently the culprit is known very early in this film and there isn't much tension left anymore. So Simon (Christopher Heyerdahl) is introduced: a charismatic and imposing character, entirely in black and with a perfectly trimmed gray beard. He has such an appearance so you immediately get the feeling that he's a reborn Jesus character. Ultimately, this turns out to be just a mediocre TV movie, with nice outdoor shots and downright no tension. There was just a tiny difference to other movies about serial killers, that made it stand out (But you have to watch it to figure that one out). Perhaps the denouement can still provide some sensation. For me it was rather measly insignificant and predictable.
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