Colin Farrell, (now filming ALEXANDER THE GREAT, as Alexander) is fast becoming a true star, as his range of emotions displayed in this movie proves. PHONE BOOTH is a real nail-biter, and delivers as promoted. though the sniper is in no way religious. The sniper (voiced by Keifer Sutherland, with a brief on-camera cameo) tells Stu he is “guilty of inhumanity to man” and “the sin of spin,” and that he is being punished for these sins. Stu is emotionally stripped bare for all to see, as he tries to cajole, trick and reason with his soon-to-be executioner. with their own sharp shooters! Forest Whitaker does a credible job of a police captain trying to control the very unusual standoff he faces.Īs the media gathers, ironically giving Stu-the-PR-man the worst kind of publicity, the mysterious sniper makes Stu confess his sins to all onlookers, his wife and would-be mistress, lest, unbeknownst to them, he kills them all with God-like impudence. Stu is accused of the murder and surrounded by police. and they do.Īs the movie progresses, Stu tries to use all his verbal spin-doctor skills to sway his release, vacillating between anger and fear, but the sniper kills a man near the phone booth. It was a curiosity to see if the story, location, direction, and acting could carry the story of one man in a phone booth. Though Stu has a trainee-assistant who trails him around with a Palm Pilot and cell phone, while he talks on one himself, he dismisses his assistant while stopping to talk on one of the few remaining phone booths in New York.Īfter Stu finishes his call, the phone immediately rings and a stranger begins to control his life, all through the phone and the sights of a silenced, high powered rifle! The sniper dramatically convinces Stu that he will kill him if he hangs up the phone.ĭirector Joel Schumacher, (LOST BOYS, BATMAN & ROBIN, and TIGERLAND) does a masterful job of holding the viewer’s interest for such a long time at one single location. Irishman Colin Farrell does an excellent job of portraying a sleazy professional spin-doctor public relations man who basically lies for a living.
I talked to god in a phonebox plus#
Set entirely around a phone booth in a seedy part of New York City, PHONE BOOTH is a high-tension thriller that keeps the viewer nailed to his seat for its entire eighty plus minutes. Stu Shepard is in big trouble he answered the phone.
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