The read
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Six friends receive a mysterious chain letter via text messaging and in their email accounts from a maniac who's hunting down teenagers who fail to forward his online chain letter. Who knew they should take the threats in the chain letter seriously? Or that chain letters using the teens' favorite technologies to track them can kill? This maniacal game pits friend against friend as they race to beat rules that seem impossible to escape. Break the chain, lose a life. Do you pass it on? Does friendship mean anything?
Ratings
IMDb4.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes29%
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
141 audience votes
Key crew
- Deon TaylorDirector
- Diana ErwinWriter
- Michael J. PaganWriter
- Vincent GilliozOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Nikki ReedJessie Campbell
- Keith DavidDet. Jim Crenshaw
- Michael Bailey SmithChain Man
- Brad DourifMr. Smirker
- Betsy RussellSergeant Hamill
- Cherilyn WilsonRachael Conners
- Matt CohenJohnny Jones
- Noah SeganDante
- Madison BauerJane Campbell
- Phil AustinJeff Campbell
- Cody KaschNeil Conners
- Michael J. PaganMichael Grant
Stills
Themes
friendshipkillingmaniacmysterious lettertext messagethreat