One Missed Call (2008)

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This is my BIG gripe. Hollywood needs to stop remaking these Asian imports. For the most part the originals are okay. But there are only so many times I can see The Grudge. None of them have brought anything new to the screen. They all seem to be some sad ghost story with Cirque Du Soleil elements. When you've seen them all, you just want to yawn when something like One Missed Call gets released.

It all starts with Shelley (Meagan Good) a college student studying in her back yard having a conversation on her cell phone next to her Coi Pond. No really, Shelley, a college student in what I think is Philadelphia where the rest of the film takes place, has a Japanese garden for a back yard. I'm not talking just pond but the house looks like it's from The Grudge. Way to confuse the audience. Shelley is shortly dispatched by a pale white hand that drowns her and her cat in that very Coi Pond. I thought for a moment I might be watching one of those crappy Scary Movie sequels.

We meet Leanne (Azura Skye) who is grief stricken over the loss of ...

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