Stu Shepard (Colin Farrell) is an arrogant New York publicist who works all the time with his phone. He is the kind of guy who can talk almost anybody into doing what he wants, by lying to business associates, friends and family.
After getting his intern Adam (Keith Nobbs) to run some errands, he stops at a phone booth to call his girlfriend, an actress named Pamela McFadden (Katie Holmes). He uses the phone booth because he doesn’t want his wife, Kelly (Radha Mitchell) to learn about the call by looking at his cell phone bill. After his conversation with Pam, Stu is about to walk away, when suddenly the phone rings. Of course, he answers it. A stranger who seems to know a lot about Stu’s life, commands him to stay in the booth and to not hang up.
Stu thinks that the stranger could be someone he may have scammed in the past. But it turns out he is a sniper with a rifle, and proves it by cocking the gun and pointing the red laser on Stu. Stu then realizes that he is the caller’s target. He wants to have fun torturing Stu, so he orders Stu to call Pam and Kelly and tell them the truth.
The tension arises even more when the sniper shoots and kills a pimp named Leon (John Enos III) who would get Stu out the booth. Shortly after, the police and Capt. Ramey (Forest Whitaker) show up and is trying to find out what’s going on. Since the sniper used a silencer, everyone thinks Stu shot Leon, even though he doesn’t have a gun. The sniper doesn’t allow Stu to tell Ramey what is going on in the booth. The sniper threatens to shoot different people, including Ramey, Kelly, and then Pam, if Stu don’t respect his orders.
As Stu is trying to figure out what will it take for the sniper to let him go, Ramey tries to figure out if Stu is a killer or a hostage.
I really like this film, that’s why I chose it. I had already seen it in the French version but, in retrospect, I really prefer the original version.
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