Plot
On the day that a serial killer that he helped put away is supposed to be executed, a noted forensic psychologist and college professor receives a call informing him that he has 88 minutes left to live.
Release Year: 2007
Rating: 5.8/10 (40,003 voted)
Critic's Score: 17/100
Director:
Jon Avnet
Stars: Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Ben McKenzie
Storyline In Seattle, the successful forensic psychiatrist and college professor Jack Gramm is in evidence since he was responsible for the condemnation of the serial killer Jon Forster, influencing the jury to sentence him to the death row. Jon accuses Jack of manipulation, inducing one witness and sister of one of his victims to testify against him. On the eve of Jon's execution, Jack receives a phone call telling him that he has only eighty-eight minutes of life, while a killer is copycatting Jon, killing women with the same "modus-operandi" and is investigated by Seattle Slayer Task Force. With the support of associate Shelly Barnes, an FBI agent, his friend Frank Parks, and his assistant Kim Cummings, Jack investigates some weird and problematic students, a security guard of the campus and the woman with whom he had one night stand.
Cast: Al Pacino
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Jack Gramm
Alicia Witt
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Kim Cummings
Leelee Sobieski
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Lauren Douglas
Amy Brenneman
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Shelly Barnes
William Forsythe
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Frank Parks
Deborah Kara Unger
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Carol Lynn Johnson
Ben McKenzie
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Mike Stempt
(as Benjamin McKenzie)
Neal McDonough
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Jon Forster
Leah Cairns
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Sara Pollard
Stephen Moyer
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Guy LaForge
Christopher Redman
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Jeremy Guber
Brendan Fletcher
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Johnny D'Franco
Michael Eklund
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J.T. Rycker
Kristina Copeland
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Dale Morris
Tammy Hui
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Janie Cates
Taglines:
He has 88 minutes to solve a murder. His own.
Filming Locations: Koerner Plaza, University of British Columbia, Robson Square Campus - 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Box Office Details
Budget: $30,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: $6,957,216
(USA)
(20 April 2008)
(2168 Screens)
Gross: $16,930,884
(USA)
(18 May 2008)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
The movie trailer of the film reveals parts of scenes that failed to reach the final cut, most obvious of which were flashbacks of the trial convicting Jon Foster.
Goofs:
Continuity:
When Gramm takes the cab from the cab driver for the first time, it is raining. When they arrive at their first destination, it is clear with no trace of rain.
Quotes:
[first lines]
Kate:
Look at me. Look at the kite.
User Review
There is a good reason why they don't want to release it
Rating:
This is such a poor movie, it is unbelievable. Especially considering
it has such a solid actor like Al Pacino. Fans of his will wish they
never saw it.
Al plays the role of a psychologist consultant for the police who is
also a teacher of forensic psychology. The movie starts the day a
serial killer who was convicted based on his testimony is about to
executed. But it is a bad day for Al's character because there is new
evidence that suggests he helped convict the wrong man. Oh, not only
that, but he receives an anonymous phone call telling him he has 88
minutes to live.
Al Pacino plays a hardcore guy in most of his films, that is usually
what makes them great. It seems like they tried to do the same thing
with this movie and accomplished the opposite. His character is
surrounded by bimbo 20-year-olds throwing themselves at him and guys
with leather jackets for him to beat up. But it just ends up feeling
like a desperate attempt to prove he "still has it." The only thing
floating this movie is a gimmick for a plot (the whole 88 minutes to
live thing) which sort of ends of being a subplot anyway. Al Pacino
fans are going to hate me for saying all this until they see it for
themselves.
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