Review: ’88 Minutes’

So let me first say that when I originally saw this trailer way back in ’05-’06 it looked like a completely different movie. As some of you may know that this film wrapped in 2005 only to get bootlegged and released on DVD in a couple foreign countries. They shelved the movie due to all of this and now its coming out April 18th 2008. So lets get into the review.

Al Pacino plays forensic psychologist Dr Jack Gramm who has specialized in studying and assessing serial killers. One such serial killer claims he has been wrongfully accused and starts playing with Dr. Gramm. The tagline of the movie is “He has 88 minutes to solve a murder. His own.” which doesn’t make much sense because..he isn’t dead. I Know its foreshadowing but it doesn’t work and the end result is a movie that isn’t nearly as smart as it wants to be. Everything in the movie is predictable, the “surprise” ending isn’t surprising and it just comes off as a disappointment. I didn’t get bored during the movie, but some parts of the acting were kind of cheesy, and the predictability gets a little annoying.

The movie isn’t 100% bad, and is a little enjoyable but coming out this weekend against ‘The Forbidden Kingdom’ and ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’, I definitely would choose something else to go see. Maybe go see it once you have seen every other good movie in theaters, or just wait for it to hit DVD (which I am certain you can still find on ebay … but I didn’t say that).

I give it a 6 out of 10, and maybe the 21% it got on Rotten Tomatoes gives you an idea of what to expect.
[rating:2/5]