I watched the american remake of One Missed Call, based on the earlier movie Trilogy from japan.
Yes, its as bad as everyone says it is, specially if you are actually a fan of the original movies or the television show.
This movie is an insult. It made me angry. All the really good scenes from the original are absent or cut so short that they dont have any emotional impact anymore. There are jumpscares everywhere and creepy visuals of ghosts, demons, centipedes and whatever that have nothing to do with ANYTHING. They completely spat on the source material, i mean just take the beginning for example. The entire franchise is about a cellphone curse that kills people if you get called and what does the movie do right at the start? This version of Mimiko just straight up kills a cat for absolute no reason at all just to jumpscare the audience twice. Does that mean Mimiko is now able to just kills things whenever she wants too? Why does she still need to use the cell phone then? Also, why even kill a pet? What had the cat to do with the story or any of Mimikos motivations?
Oh yeah, this version of Mimiko also wears a hoodie for some reason. Because you cant have just a creepy girl without her being edgy i guess, this is the american version after all of course she has to look like a serial killer.
Its almost like the director thought the idea of a cellphone curse killing people is stupid anyways so they just didnt took anything seriously at all and made the movie an absolute shitshow on purpose. Regardless if you like the original or not, i am pretty sure we can at least agree that the original movie was at least way better shot and had a way better atmosphere and pesentation. All of 3 original movies and the tv show.
I give this movie a 1 out of 10. Nothing, NOTHING about this movie worked.