Area Q. vs The Call

The Call has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 4.8/10 for Area Q.). Area Q. is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 52m. Area Q. is the older of the two (2012 against 2020). Both are science fiction, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Area Q. posterArea Q.2012 VS The Call posterThe Call2020
Area Q.The Call
Audience score★ 4.8/10★ 7.5/10
Year20122020
Length1h 40m1h 52m
GenresScience Fiction, ThrillerMystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country––
DirectorGerson SanginittoLee Chung-hyun
Main castIsaiah Washington, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Murilo Rosa, Daniel Porpino, Tania KhalillJun Jong-seo, Kim Min-ha, Park Shin-hye, Oh Jung-se, Park Ho-san

Synopsis

Area Q.

A year after the disappearance of his son, Thomas Mathews, an investigative journalist, still has no information and begins his own obsessive search. However, the obsession has him losing his house and job so his boss sends him on special assignment in Brazil. In Brazil, Mathews investigates close encounter sightings that have taken place in the small cities of Quixada and Quixeramobim-also known as Area Q. While there, he realizes he will face…

The Call

Connected by phone in the same home but 20 years apart, a caller puts a woman’s past — and life — on the line to change her own fate.

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