'Night Call' Review: A High Stakes Action Film Set Over One Night That Never Lets Up

Night Call doesn't reinvent the action thriller wheel, but its high stakes, unique setting, and fast pace put it above most.

Jan 14, 2025 - 23:03
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'Night Call' Review: A High Stakes Action Film Set Over One Night That Never Lets Up

Oftentimes, it can feel like if you've seen one action thriller, you've seen them all. The genre often follows the same beats, with the same action set pieces, and the usual results. Night Call, a French-Belgian movie filmed and set in Brussels, has a familiar plot you've come across many times, but thanks to the writing efforts of Michiel Blanchart and Gilles Marchand, with Blanchart also in the directors' chair, Night Calls stands with better efforts due to its relentless high stakes and a believable and sympathetic performance from its lead, Jonathan Feltre. Night Call does nothing new, but it does the standards the right way.

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