Star of new movie is the cellphone equivalent of a psychotic K.I.T.T.

No, we're not talking about Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC Phone Edition or iPhone firmware 2.0, we're talking moderately more diabolical stuff here: explosions, international intrigue, fancy casinos where everyone wears suits and plays baccarat, the whole nine yards. Echelon Conspiracy is a movie about... well, who cares, really? Point is, there's an all-knowing phone that tells you what to do and brings you both great fortune and great tragedy, making for a modern King Midas tale that has Critic's Choice Award nomination written all over it. The flick probably would've made more sense back when phones actually looked evil, but yeah, sure, we'll add it to our Netflix queue in a few years -- somewhere between Death Race and The Transporter 3. Catch the spellbinding trailer after the break.

[Thanks, A. Razaq]

[ILoveApple @ Dec 23rd 2008 12:41PM]

That has to be the most spupid plot for a movie, ever.

[eggothewaffle @ Dec 23rd 2008 12:42PM]

Yeah, ip's a preppy damn spupid plop for a movie indeed.

[Flashpoint @ Dec 23rd 2008 12:53PM]

Cellphone's this violent gotta be put down...the hard way.

[Robotochan @ Dec 23rd 2008 12:54PM]

I find it amazing that it can trump Pulse's awful storyline about ghosts in the wi-fi...

[ILoveApple @ Dec 23rd 2008 12:55PM]

Woops.

The phone is a total rip-off of Nokia's AEON concept:

http://i.fosfor.se/i06/061009_5.jpg

[Melvin @ Dec 23rd 2008 12:55PM]

After I saw the picture, I was expecting the phone to have voice of Achmed (The dead terrorist).

[Tim Brown @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:05PM]

Nah, its just the iPhone 4G, the true Jesus phone, p**s his worshipfulness, Mr S Jobs off, and it becomes the Satan phone. Or is that iPhone firmware 2.5, I can never remember!

[Inane_Asylum @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:18PM]

Port Linux to me again-
I'LL KILL YOU.

[D.S = digtal shit @ Dec 23rd 2008 4:51PM]

AMEN

[John Z @ Dec 23rd 2008 12:43PM]

Good freaking crap, Eagle Eye just came out, what, two months ago! This is the same damn movie!

[Jacob @ Dec 23rd 2008 12:49PM]

exactly what I was thinking...

[wud_e @ Dec 23rd 2008 3:27PM]

I was thinkign the same thing. Especially when she says she'll kill him if he turns the phone off.

[Mobius_1 @ Dec 23rd 2008 3:55PM]

It's the same damn voice too!

[Blackstar @ Dec 23rd 2008 6:53PM]

Almost. They had to make the voice sexier to make you think she has even bigger digital tits.

First Hal, then GLaDOS, Eagle Eye, now this P.O.S. How any evil computers is Hollywoood going to crap out now?

Don't they know software designers haven't even gotten computers to f'n understand english yet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y_Jp6PxsSQ

[t1c0 @ Dec 23rd 2008 12:45PM]

Is the release date 4/01/09?

[tpadekar @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:30PM]

Is that mm/dd/yyyy or dd/mm/yyyy

[joe23521 @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:40PM]

I believe that's April/Fool's/Day. Or Fool's/April/Day, if you prefer.

[AnyKey @ Dec 23rd 2008 12:45PM]

Ummm...no...
This reminds me of Mission Impossible II for some reason.
That is not a good thing.

[Brian @ Dec 23rd 2008 12:48PM]

Looks legit to me.

[Patriks7 @ Dec 23rd 2008 12:48PM]

OMG. This is wrong. When I first saw that picture, I right away thought iPhone Nano, due to the silver strip below the screen.. Something's definitely wrong with me :\

[Boarderwoot @ Dec 23rd 2008 12:49PM]

Where can I pick that phone up? It'd be a great Christmas gift for my umpire friend who can't see shit.

[AHMED @ Dec 23rd 2008 12:50PM]

cant wait to go see it when it comes out................... i bet its going to be better then THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL load of bad firmware {2.0.1,2.0.2.} hehe

[jinjin @ Dec 23rd 2008 12:50PM]

that pic reminds me of the movie sarah marshall was in, "what if a cell phone kills you?"

o_O

[absinthe party @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:00PM]

Haha! That's the exact same thing I was thinking.

[Mobius_1 @ Dec 23rd 2008 3:56PM]

Turn it off!

[Flashpoint @ Dec 23rd 2008 12:56PM]

I just love how whenever there is a sniper with a huge rifle, a silencer and a scope that can see half a mile...he never seems to be able to hit anything.

As for the phone...does it have 3G, datat tethering and can it copy/paste?

[grabbydad @ Dec 23rd 2008 12:56PM]

Psychotic K.I.T.T. = C.A.R.R.

[grabbydad @ Dec 23rd 2008 12:57PM]

Opps...K.A.R.R.

[negativezero @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:08PM]

Thanks, was hoping someone would correct the K.I.T.T vs. K.A.R.R reference

[htd @ Dec 23rd 2008 12:59PM]

just like every other no brain action movie these years...

[Brian @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:02PM]

It's Sauron's One Ring of Power for the real 21st century world. I wonder what the equivalent to Mount Doom would be.

[Kali4 @ Dec 23rd 2008 4:39PM]

Lisa Lampanelli?

[Nick J @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:03PM]

C'mon Engadget. Why all the hate on Jason Statham?

[Ian @ Dec 23rd 2008 9:40PM]

because transporter 2 sucked and they still decided to make another one.

[spam_free @ Dec 23rd 2008 10:23PM]

Honestly, IMO, Transporter 2 is FAR better than the first one. I was suckered into watching the first one and almost killed the friend who talked me into it. The 2nd one I saw on cable and was pleasantly surprised at how much less sucky it was. Besides, Audi A8 > BMW 5.

[xoltoath @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:04PM]

What's the point of having it be a text message if a female robot just speaks it to you anyway? This sounds just like that Shia Labeouf movie.

[omoks @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:05PM]

Echelon being the telecom US/UK spying agency in England. That preview was hilariously ridiculous. Geez. I love my daily Engadget read.

[AMiSH PiRATE @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:07PM]

In one scene, the cellphone vibrates someone to death.

[TREX6662k5 @ Dec 23rd 2008 4:41PM]

Man or woman?

[Mobius_1 @ Dec 24th 2008 8:22AM]

At least the woman died happy :P

[andy.minor @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:14PM]

Justice as opening music?
Awesome.

[myke @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:16PM]

anyone remember futurama when captian zap branigan shot kiff out of the missle launcher and some fat chick diane (maybe) was on the intercom saying "missle jam, missle jam"

[slamEVIL @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:29PM]

that one was on comedy central just last night!

[Inane_Asylum @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:19PM]

Someone FedEx this phone to iEye and CLAK pls...

[dale1v @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:25PM]

The phone only has Airplane mode, not ignorantfanboymode

[shugg @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:29PM]

this is definitely not the "iphonekiller" get it it phone.,killer.,.,dee dee deee

[slamEVIL @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:31PM]

if the phone were really that smart and advanced, why would it even have an off button?

[GenoMalice @ Dec 23rd 2008 7:24PM]

LOLL. So true my friend! ... +1 for youuu

[cesium @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:35PM]

Why all the Jason Statham hate???

[AHMED @ Dec 23rd 2008 1:49PM]

jason is a awesome actor...... i love his movies specially the transporter movies