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| Al Pacino | ... | ||
| Alicia Witt | ... | ||
| Leelee Sobieski | ... | ||
| Amy Brenneman | ... | ||
| William Forsythe | ... | ||
| Deborah Kara Unger | ... |
Carol Lynn Johnson
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| Ben McKenzie | ... |
Mike Stempt
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| Neal McDonough | ... | ||
| Leah Cairns | ... |
Sara Pollard
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| Stephen Moyer | ... |
Guy LaForge
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| Christopher Redman | ... |
Jeremy Guber
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| Trilby Glover | ... |
Defense Attorney
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| Damien Leake | ... |
The Judge
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| Brendan Fletcher | ... |
Johnny D'Franco
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| Michael Eklund | ... |
J.T. Rycker
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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. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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.