Starring: Johnny Depp, Courtney Chase, Charles S. Dutton, Christopher Walken, Roma Maffia Directed By: John Badham Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Paramount Number of Items: 1 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Region Code: 1 Release Date: June 22, 1999 Running Time: 88 minutes Theatrical Release Date: November 22, 1995
Nick of Time I first watched Nick of Time on cable about 5 years ago. I was so into this movie. It is like a good book...you just cannot put down until you have finished reading it. I had to have this for my own collection. It is truly a fantastic movie. It will keep you on the edge of your seat. Just when you think Gene Watson (Johnny Depp) has finally found help from the officials he thought he could trust, lo and behold he learns everyone he approaches is involved in this dirty political event. Christopher Walken and Johnny Depp together are awesome. These two actors delivered a powerful, intense, riveting suspense that will have you wandering who will survive. Movie lovers...do not hesitate to purchase this DVD.You will not regret it. You will want to watch it over and over again.
incredibly stupid story I just watched this film this morning -- nearly a dozen years after the film's release. I wish I had actually never seen it.
What a stupid story! The entire premise is so preposterous that I imagine this film can only be enjoyed if you have the ability to suspend all critical thinking while viewing it. As others have commented, it makes absolutely no sense that this random accountant would be enlisted at the last minute to assassinate a governor, especially given the apparently large network of conspirators involved. Why Johnny Depp's character wouldn't have screamed for help as soon as he and his daughter were being abducted is beyond me. (Are we really to believe that he assumed that the "police" had a legitimate reason for detaining him and his daughter the way they did?) Later while he's pointing the gun at the head of the woman watching his child and she effectively talks him out of pulling the trigger by scaring him that the gunfire would "go through the seat" or be "deflected by a button" and hurt his girl, I could not believe how stupid his character apparently was. A quick shot in the woman's head from the angle at which he was holding the gun would certainly not go through the seat or deflect off a button, and the woman would certainly be dead and he could have taken his daughter and fled. And on and on with the ridiculous scenarios.
By far the worst film I've seen Johnny Depp in. The director even managed to mitigate Depp's sex appeal by making his character plain looking and apparently moronic beyond words.
ok, but pretty basic.... This story is to commen these days. I got board.
Not bad, but it's no "24" either... Nick of Time was a bit of a disappointment considering the make-up of the cast, Johnny Depp and Christopher Walken among others, though by no means is it a bad movie. A man is blackmailed into assassinating the governor of California within an hour and a half or else his daughter will be killed. The movie takes place in real time and does bring to mind the masterpiece series "24," (though it doesn't come anywhere close to Jack Bauer's world). In short, the acting is pretty good (though nothing great), the action/special effects are just average, while the plot is rather poor. Moreover, most characters are weak, bland and just plain uninteresting. In a nutshell, it's probably not a movie you would want to add to your collection, but it will provide for an evening's entertainment, and that's about it. No masterpiece here... 3.5 Stars
another good Depp movie... my mother say's Johnny Depp is one of her favorite actors. we'll of the younger generation. he's a truly gifted actor and fully becomes each character he plays. i like watching his movies as well. this one has Christopher Walken playing in it. it's set in real time. he's given a gun a photo and a short amount of time to kill someone. i'm not going to say who or what causes him to do it, just watch it and find out. don't read any detailed reviews. if you've not seen it watch it for the first time and just see it. anything more descriptive will ruin the whole movie for you. it is worth buying as well, but if you are into just renting you won't be disappointed. a good flick... enjoy, CMH
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