(rated PG-13) Remember “Phone Booth” back in 2002? Well it just got a wireless upgrade. Kim Basinger plays Jessica Martin, a kidnapped mom. Her only hope is the one call she makes from a broken phone that connects her randomly to one number. That number belongs to Ryan (Chris Evans) a young, happy go-lucky, usually incapable of responsibility type, until now. With a whole list of excuses substituting for suspension of disbelief – low battery, fading cell signals, and the mute button – delivering a suspenseful, crazy, heartpounding, but somehow highly believable storyline given the age of technology. And how do the killers know that Ryan is the guy they’re after when hunting him down in a very public place? Punchline: He’s the one on the cell phone. (yeah sure, Ryan and fifty other people). With mounting obstacles along the way, one welcome relief is William H. Macy playing a burnt out cop forced to come out of his spa facial and back into the game. The movie only gets better as the cell phone proves that for once it can save a life instead of annoy us all the while leave you rooting for the underdog (Ryan) and hero (cell service) like it’s nobody’s business.
