‘Phone Booth’ begins with sleazy New York Public Relations guy, Stu Shephard (Colin Farrell) starting his day weaving through the streets of New York on his way to work.
Before getting to work he stops at his favourite phone booth to ring up his mistress, Pamela (Katie Holmes). After he hangs up on her, the public phone rings and Stu answers it. It’s a bad move for it is a disturbing phone call. The caller tells him that he is watching him from one of the skyscraper office windows and is aiming his rifle at him. If he doesn’t do what is asked of him the caller says he will kill him in cold blood.

My take is that I wasn’t a fan of ‘The Phone Booth’. I found its theme of the avenging moral crusader (the assassin) exposing the moral shyster, Stu, a well worn and tired one.
Director Schumacher’s attempt at cosmic discourse didn’t impress. The shots of a satellite in the sky honing down on a phone booth in New York was unreal.
Performances were mixed. A feature was the presence of Forest Whittaker as Captain Ed Ramey the NYPD’s police captain assigned to capture the sniper. He has such a presence of moral fortitude and courage that is always watchable!