
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 c... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
Leave your thoughts about 88 Minutes.
| ReelTalk Movie ReviewsBetty Jo Tucker'88 Minutes' is a muddled, low-quality thriller. |
| Video-Reviewmaster.comSteve CrumPacino's frenzy, some nice Seattle location scenery, and an over-the-top ending right out of 'Batman' do not a fine crime film make. |
| KPBS.orgBeth AccomandoThe film had no opening credits, except for the title 88 Minutes. Maybe that's because no one wanted to take credit for this mess. |
| The DeadboltBrian TallericoIt's the first time that Pacino is overwhelmed by the awfulness of what surrounds him and simply drowns in the tide of bullsh*t, making this one of the only times that we can't even say "See it for Al." |
| ColeSmithey.comCole SmitheyOkay, so Al went slumming and all he got was a paycheck and movie for his fans to ignore. All is forgiven. Just don't do it again Al. Please don't do it again. |
| Filmcritic.comChris CabinPacino feels like a bankable source to disguise mediocrity but a dud is a dud and Avnet is wholly indifferent |
| Planet Sick-BoyJon PopickEven a viewer with incredibly low expectations will be staggered by its badness. |
| Reel Times: Reflections on CinemaMark Pfeiffer88 Minutes is the sort of overblown thriller in which every action, no matter how insignificant, is pregnant with portent, yet it's a film of nothing but red herrings. |
| New York PressArmond White88 Minutes plays like a script Tom Cruise rejected back in the '90s, forcing Pacino to run -- across campus, across town, through parking garages, up and down stairs. |
| PopMattersBill GibronWhile the actual ending does give audiences a reason to cheer, it's the final fade out that will make viewers the happiest. It means this tepid terror is finally over. |