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Movie: phone booth
As Phone Booth not so subtly points out, most folks these days spend a great deal of time on the phone — so much so that the compulsion to answer even a random ringing phone is sometimes just too hard to pass on. Such is the fate of Stu Shepard (Collin Farrel). He prefers to use his cell phone while pacing the streets of New York but uses a public phone booth for the calls he doesn’t want wife Kelly (Radha Mitchell) to find out about, like the special one he wants to make to Pam (Katie Holmes).
Yet, on this particular afternoon, the pay phone rings and being the phone junkie he is, Stu answers it. Biiiig mistake!
The caller turns out to be a serial killer with a sniper rifle who tells Stu that he’ll be shot dead if he hangs up the phone. Of course, Stu thinks it’s a sick joke at first, but after the sniper kills someone near the booth, Stu is suddenly thrust into a hellish game of cat and mouse with the unseen gunman. Eventually, the police arrive, led by senior officer Captain Ramey (Forest Whitaker) who first mistakes Stu for the crazy shooter. Soon, however, Ramey, his team, Kelly and even Pam become ensnared in the sniper’s web — and only Stu can save them by digging deep into his soul and coming up clean, ultimately outwitting the killer at his own game.
Powered by an excellent performance by Collin Farrel, Phone Booth will keep you glued to your seats and make you turn off your cell phone for a while, at least.
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