88 Minutes (2007)

Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago at Sep 21 23:00

You would think that Jon Avnet would be able to pull off a good film, considering the fact that this is his second mediocre film, the other being Righteous Kill, but I am sorry to say, I was disappointed once again. I admit, I was into this film for the first thirty minutes or so, but the plot kept going on and on, and wouldn't stop. The actual killer, and the twist were way too drawn out to the point where I just started to get bored. It would have been much better if they cut the film shorter by a good twenty minutes, and didn't have so many possible suspects. I almost got a headache from that alone. The acting from Pacino was great as usual. I don't know of any films where he has been bad. What really bugged me though, was the acting from the supporting cast members. I was think...Read more

Rating : 6/10

Posted : 1 year, 9 months ago at Feb 22 7:34

If you are a compulsive watcher of thrillers, go ahead. Otherwise, don't even bother. First of all, I still don't get what is it that everybody seems to see in Al Pacino. Why in the world do they consider him a good actor? I haven't seen him change his face, voice, body language -or anything really- ever. The main character is poorly composed, both in acting and in writing. It's not a believable character at all. The others are ok, although you can tell there's a really lame acting direction -and- screenplay. The directing itself is mediocre, obvious and cheap. The dialogs are a very unsuccessful attempt of being clever, which leave the actors -that are trying to sustain the character- looking very stupid. Overall, yet another mediocre attempt of a thriller that in my opinion was a c...Read more

Rating : 4/10