Film Review - Night Call
January 15, 2025
Michiel Blanchart makes an impressive helming debut with “Night Call,” which is one of the sharpest thrillers to come around in recent memory. Also handling the screenplay, Blanchart delves into the heat of survival as a man in the wrong place at the wrong time spends one desperate night trying to clear his name as a bag of money goes missing. It’s not an especially fresh concept, but the execution of the endeavor is outstanding, putting the main character on the move as he dashes around Brussels during a hectic evening of social upheaval. “Night Call” doesn’t bite off more than it can chew, remaining focused on the mission at hand, keeping the players on the move while tension increases as a bad situation always manages to get worse. It’s accomplished work from Blanchart, who has something to say with the material, but he’s also committed to the pure cinematic movement of the effort, which is nail-biting stuff. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com
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