I’ve actually watched this way back, and so only retain some foggy memories of the little details. But in any case, I found out this was adapted from an English film (Cellular) which basically has the same overall plot. I didn’t watch the original version so I can’t compare, but this Chinese version wasn’t bad. Well, I kind of like how it was presented, and it probably has to do with a not too overused theme about an unlikely hero (except that this guy seems pretty crap after all).

There are big big twists in the middle of the story that leads you to a big ouch… I kind of forgot how the spouses of Louis Koo and Barbie Hsu left/died/whatever, but the thing is they are now alone. Louis has a son and Barbie has a daughter. And a twisted accident with an enigma of epic proportions left Barbie kidnapped, and her only hope of survival was through a random phone call via ingenious wiring to a stranger, an unlikely man to rescue her and her daughter. So this begins the story of a debt collector agent in a chase around the city to save someone he never ever saw before, and in the end, this is zero turned hero

Unlikely I know, but sometimes it is still nice to dream. What would you do if you were put into such a situation? Receiving a mysterious phone call pleaing for help and not getting the assistance of the cops.