Cold Call

While we were watching the second episode of this my wife said "This is brilliant, I wonder why it isn't on ITV3?" When we watched the final episode 4 we both knew why. The writing went off the rails.

It's nice to see some original drama on Channel five, a pretty good job was done with this. In terms of subject matter it was relevant, I've heard a few cases in the news, people caught by online and telephone requesters. Part one had my blood boiling, it was definitely the best episode of the series, after that it loses a bit of reality, but remains a good watch. The finale is out and out bonkers, take it for what it is, a piece of tv drama, and you'll enjoy it.

Sally Lindsay is excellent as the lead, I'd love to see her in more drama leads, she did a great job.

Paul Higgins is excellent as the bad guy, he plays a man on the edge very well.

Crackers, but fun. 7/10

Had all the potential of a hit great cast for a great topic but unfortunately it has channel 5 all over it.

Piss poor production, worse editing a story that as pointless aspects that detract from the main issue and a Mark Addy that looks like he's put on a 90°c boil wash for 5 days then bundled in the dryer for the weekend.

Stopped watching 20 minutes in the 3rd episode and skimmed the 4th episode, the Christmas ads were OK

A good storyline which started off well but oh my it sure did go downhill fast. Unbelievable plot twists, caricature "heavies" b movie dialogue and more besides. Each episode was more absurd than the one before. However I stuck it out simply because it was so bad it was good !

As someone who has had numerous phishing scams (disappointed when the Nigerians don't send one at least every few months), and one attempted computer hack, & suspicious phone calls I can testify as to how well this movie conveyed those experiences. Well researched. Good acting. Twisty ending that not all may like, but I thought it was creatively different.