We follow him to a phone booth in Manhattan. It seems strange at first why he would go to a phone booth when he has a cell phone in each hand. After his call to a very attractive girl who is a wannabe-actress, the phone rings. He picks it up. The caller mocks him for answering it, saying something like "You hear a phone ring, and instinctively you want to answer it, having absolutely no idea who might be on the other end of the line." This caller, whose face is never clearly shown in the entire film, then begins to taunt him, haunt him, and threaten him.

It is immediately evident that the caller (voiced by Kiefer Sutherland) knows a lot about Stu. He knows his name, his wife's name, and the name and number of the girl with whom he is cheating. The caller also knows what he is wearing, and how he is standing. He also reveals that he has a high-powered rifle with scope and laser sight.

With the constant threat of being instantly shot to death from an unseen and unknown enemy, he is manipulated into doing and saying things against his will. Most of the time, these are humiliating to himself while entertaining to the sniper (Saturday Night Live even did a hilarious skit which was inspired from this aspect of the movie). The sniper's main goal, however, seems to be this sick and twisted coerced atonement for this man's sins.

It doesn't take long for all hell to break loose and for the police, news cameras, and curious onlookers to swarm around this lone phone booth in Manhattan. I liked the story. It was suspenseful and still simple and easy to follow. It was really limited to a handful of meaningful characters but really only dove into the core essence of the main character, Stu.

The audio was done a bit weirdly. Instead of sounding like a voice coming through a telephone, it sounded more like God, or more appropriately, Satan, as his booming voice blasted crystal clear through every speaker in the theater, giving this omnipresent quality. Now this effect would have worked brilliantly if they would have played up that angle in the script (that this sniper could in fact be God or Satan). Unfortunately, however, it didn't quite take it to that level and left me feeling confused rather than fascinated.

Another thing that I did NOT like about Phone Booth was the amount of cussing. There simply wasn't enough cussing. Just kidding. There was way too much cussing. It became very distracting and made me think to myself, "This @$#&#^% movie is a #$@^$& @^#%$@. @$##@!"

My worst complaint about this movie, however, is in how it tried to angelify, if you will, the main character towards the end. He makes a heartfelt plea (after having been demanded to "bare his soul") to his wife, and somehow makes it sound that the reason that he was cheating on her was because he just loved her so much. Give me a break. That was pathetic.

The ending leaves things a bit open, not so much for the possibility of a sequel but more to give viewers that uneasy feeling that this sniper is still out there, and could be watching any one of us.

So you better be good, you better not lie.
You better watch out, I'm tellin you why.
The psycho sniper caller is coming to town.

Worth a viewing...could probably wait until it comes out on video/DVD though.