An average movie

I wasn't really expecting much from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Halle Berry, I thought I might as well check it out. Apparently, if you would put aside the X-Men franchise, it was the first box-office hit scored by Herry during the last 10 years but, to be honest, it wasn't really good, I'm afraid. I mean, I loved the concept of focusing on a 911 call-center operator, I myself worked in various call-centers for more than 10 years, so it was pretty neat to see a movie dealing with my line of work. Well, as long as the movie was focusing on the 911 call-center, it worked fine, even if the gorgeous Halle Berry gave a rather weak performance and even if some details just didn't work (for example, on a regular basis, you would see the whole work floor dropping their work to follow what was going with Berry's character, as if everyboy would suddenly stop to call 911). Unfortunately, even though they made it pretty obvious that a 911 operator usually never gets closure on a call, they gave us a really stupid 3rd act during which the main character suddenly became some kind of detective and resolved the case on her own. Anyway, to be honest, I think my rating might be generous here but, in spite of its flaws, it gave me a good idea of how a 911 call-center might work and I think the damned thing is still worth a look. 

6/10