
Gene Watson is a public accountant who arrives on a train at Union Station in Los Angeles, accompanied by his 6-year-old daughter Lynn. Because of his ordinary looks, he is approached by a pair of sinister people named Smith and Jones. Pretending to be cops, Smith and Jones kidnap Lynn and confront Gene with a simple choice -- kill California governor Eleanor Grant in 90 minutes or less, or Lynn will die. Watson is given a gun, six bullets, and a name tag, and he is told to g... (Full plot summary below)
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Gene Watson is a public accountant who arrives on a train at Union Station in Los Angeles, accompanied by his 6-year-old daughter Lynn. Because of his ordinary looks, he is approached by a pair of sinister people named Smith and Jones. Pretending to be cops, Smith and Jones kidnap Lynn and confront Gene with a simple choice -- kill California governor Eleanor Grant in 90 minutes or less, or Lynn will die. Watson is given a gun, six bullets, and a name tag, and he is told to go to the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and kill Eleanor, who is giving an afternoon speech. While Jones is watching Lynn in a van, Smith watches Watson in order to prevent Watson from alerting the authorities. Watson must quickly find some way to get himself and Lynn out of this seemingly impossible situation.
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| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...a solid thriller that neatly and efficiently gets the job done... |
| USA TodayMike ClarkThe most preposterous movie in theaters isn't the Ace Ventura sequel (or even Money Train) but this wanna-be nail-biter. |
| Common Sense MediaBarbara Shulgasser'90s action-thriller has intense peril, cursing, violence. |
| Cinema em CenaPablo VillaçaO artifício narrativo do "tempo real", usado com bem mais eficácia em Matar ou Morrer e Festim Diabólico, acaba se revelando insuficiente para gerar a tensão desejada, que, como se não bastasse, é destruída de vez no terrível ato final do filme. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeWhat is Depp doing in this tepid thriller? |
| User ReviewMichael RHIS LITTLE GIRL IS TAKEN AND RETURN FOR HER LIFE,HE WILL HAVE TO KILL A CHOSEN TARGET |
| User Reviewashlyn zI'VE NEVER ACTUALLY SEEN THE WHOLE FILM. I USUALLY ONLY WATCH THE LAST HOUR OR SO!! |
| User ReviewJamie SThis movie goes where virtually no film has ever gone. Unlike many movies where weeks, months, or even years are compressed into a two hour story (making for very fragmented flow), Nick of Time takes a 90-minute plot and turns it into, guess what, a 90-minute movie. Christopher Walken plays guess what, a scary bad guy. He finds Johnny Depp's character getting off a train with his daughter and offers a deal (well, not really a deal since it's something I'd never want to be offered). Kill the governor in the next hour and a half, or your daughter dies. It's a moral play. Can a guy who would never hurt a fly go so far as to knock off a public figure in order to save his family? |
| User ReviewWistremundo DEsto si que es una pelicula! Surprisingly good! |
| User Reviewkelly kIt kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time. I'm not joking it really is a thriller. |