88 Minutes
by Jon Avnet
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Actor: Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Amy Brenneman, Ben McKenzie, Leelee SobieskiDirector: Jon Avnet
Brand: PACINO,AL
Producer: Andreas Thiesmeyer
Producer: Avi Lerner
Producer: Boaz Davidson
Producer: Danny Dimbort
Producer: Gary Scott Thompson
Writer: Gary Scott Thompson
Producer: George Furla
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 108 minutes
Published: 2008-09-01
DVD Release Date: 2008-09-16
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
DVD Reviews of 88 Minutes
DVD Review: YOUR TIME IS UP
Summary: 2 Stars
I am a big fan of Al Pacino. There haven't been many times when I've seen a film he's starred in that I've been disappointed (and I won't name the two times that's happened that I can recall here). Pacino is one of the greatest actors we have working today and even in a tepid film such as this, he gives it his all.
88 MINUTES stars Pacino as Dr. Jack Gramm, a forensic psychologist who has just helped put away a serial killer we saw strike (in shadow only). Jon Forster (Neal McDonough) has been convicted and awaits the death sentence.
The story moves forward 9 years and Gramm is still at it. He also teaches a course at a college in the city the story is set in, Seattle. On the day of Forster's sentence to be carried out, Jack receives a cryptic message via his cell phone. He has just 88 minutes left to live.
While we have been given glimpses into Jack's life, his womanizing, his binging, his somewhat flawed character, nothing can prepare us for this and what follows. Jack attempts to locate who is sending him these messages and try and stop his own murder.
At the same time Forster receives a stay of execution and Jack's abilities are called in to question. When people begin showing up dead that are connected to Jack, the table is turned as the FBI task force investigating a new series of murders that are identical to those of Forster, suspect Jack. The clock continues to tick down as Jack, aided by just a few friends, searches for the answers.
Along the way we are offered something else. We are given a glimpse into the world of Jack Gramm. What is it that motivated him to take up this career to begin with? Was he guilty of witness tampering? Was he somehow involved in the murders? And did he set up Forster for the killings or was Forster actually guilty?
The answers to these question and others are all solved within the 88 minutes it takes for Jack to discover them as well. A bit of soul searching, a bit of sleuthing and a bit of luck bring us to a conclusion that offers several red herrings before the truth is revealed.
Pacino turns in a great performance, though perhaps not one of his best. But even here his abilities are a sight to behold. Along with him is a great supporting cast including Alicia Witt as a student aid trying to help, Amy Brenneman as his harried secretary, Leelee Sobieski as a promising student and William Forsythe as Jack's FBI associate and friend. Among them Forsythe has always been a favorite of mine and one of the unsung heroes of character actors working today.
If you are a fan of mysteries there is the chance that you will figure this one out prior to the last moments of the film unspooling before you. I was able to do so for the most part. I got the set up, just not the particulars. But that is what makes a mystery so involving. Trying to figure out just "who-dun-it". 88 MINUTES gives you the chance to figure it all out ahead of time. And with Pacino at the helm onscreen, you get the clues and a great performance all rolled in to one.
Having written this upon the DVD's initial release I've had time to think back and digest everything better than I did at first. Yes, the movie is solid film making. Yes, Pacino turns in a well done performance. But at the same time something seems lacking here.
Have you ever had a viewing experience where you thought "I kind of enjoyed that but yet there was just something not right, something just....". That is this movie in a nutshell. Perhaps a second viewing will make me find what I thought was missing. But my gut instinct tells me no.
Don't get me wrong, this movie was still better than half a dozen others I've watched. But at the same time, expectations when it comes to someone like Pacino leave this one lacking.
Description of 88 Minutes
Genre: Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 16-SEP-2008
Media Type: DVD
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