At a Glance

Self-centred, arrogant, public relations man, Stu Sheppard goes into a phone booth to call his mistress without his wife knowing. As soon as he hangs up, the phone rings and he hears a stranger's voice telling him that if he tries to leave the booth he will be shot dead... He starts to believe what he is hearing when a man tries to get in the booth and is gunned down...

Detailed Information

When Colin Farrell answers a ringing payphone, he has no idea that hanging up on the caller could cost him his life...

Downtown Manhattan any day of the week is a nightmare for any right-minded individual, with the constant drone of traffic, crowds and never-ending mobile phone tones.

Throw into the mix a stranger with a gun who has an awful lot of intimate knowledge about your personal life and you have one uncomfortable day ahead.

Director Joel Schumacher, who regarded this project "as the most insane thing he had ever done", shot the entire movie in 12 days, with the majority of the cast not having read the completed script.

It's set in a day in the life of New York publicist Stu Sheppard (Colin Farrell). He is cheating on his wife and stringing along an aspiring actress.

He squirms and manipulates his way through every conversation no matter who may be on the receiving end, until he answers the forbidding ring of a public phone.

For the next 80 mins we step into a phone booth with Stu and his tormentor (the eerie voice of Kiefer Sutherland).

Stu is held hostage as the caller, an extreme moralist, watches his every move through the scope of a sniper rifle. The caller says he is on a mission to punish corrupt people like Stu, by making them admit their mistakes - or by killing them.

This thriller keeps you on a knife edge - will Stu ever live to see the end of the call?