The Calling - review

In the sleepy town of Fort Dundas, alcoholic Detective Hazel Micallef (Susan Sarandon) doesn’t have much to worry about in terms of crime. But when a local resident is found murdered in her home followed by another body in the area, her skills are called into action along with new police officer Ben Wingate as they suspect a serial killer could be at work.

Asking for more help in the team as the bodies start to pile up all with a distinct signature, Hazel and her fellow officers start to piece together what they can about the victims leading new officer Ben to travel outside of state in order to follow a lead. 

But when Hazel works out what ties them all together, she faces a power bigger than anything she knows in order to prevent what the killer aims to achieve.

Starring Susan Sarandon, Topher Grace and Donald Sutherland, this crime thriller had me gripped from the start, although it did have its slow moments and didn’t leave much to the imagination as both the killer and police are followed therefore taking away any guessing about who the killer is.

The Double - review

Retired CIA agent Paul Shepherdson (Richard Gere) is intrigued when he is called back into the field after a series of murders share the signature of a serial killer he spent years hunting, but never managed to catch.

With the FBI also involved in the case, Paul is paired with enthusiastic FBI Agent Ben Geary (Topher Grace) who is convinced the original killer Cassius is back, but Paul isn’t so sure and maintains the new killer is a copycat.

As the 2 agents work together Agent Geary begins to suspect that Paul is too close to the case, especially when he tells his wife that unless he leaves the case there’s no doubt he will be killed. But with Paul’s career built on his search for Cassius, surely he’s determined to do everything he can to finally catch his man?

Although I was eager to watch this movie, I found it very confusing towards the end and still don’t completely know if I understood it. With the point of the movie being intrigue, it revealed too much at the start meaning you lost that and ended up waiting for it to end.

Co-starring Martin Sheen, this movie was a big disappointment – not worth a watch.