Synopsis/Details
When a struggling father loses custody of his sick daughter, he spirals into hopelessness—until a mysterious man offers him a chance to fix everything. Handed a burner phone and given 48 hours to “make the Call,” he agrees… and finds himself thrust into a deadly underground facility and must complete 7 deadly Tasks. His first task? Recruit three strangers into the same nightmare, without telling them what it is. As he battles guilt, fear, and moral uncertainty, he realizes he’s not just playing to survive—he’s playing for the chance to ever see his daughter again.
The Call is a gritty, emotionally charged survival-thriller series exploring the cost of desperation, the decay of morality, and the price of redemption. Episode 1 sets the stage for a twisted, high-stakes game that pulls ordinary people into an extraordinary fight for their lives.
The Call is a high-stakes psychological thriller about survival, sacrifice, and the price of second chances. The pilot introduces a morally gray game that forces ordinary people to make impossible choices — and shows how far one man will go for the daughter he may have already lost.
Characters
Villian Type:
Authority Figure, Corrupted
Advanced
Subgenre:
Action Suspense-Thriller
Time Period:
Modern history