Nick of Time

 

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Plot Summary: Gene Watson (Johnny Depp) and his daughter return home after the funeral of his ex-wife. When he returns, however, his daughter is abducted by someone who calls himself Mr. Smith (Christopher Walken). Mr. Smith gives Watson 90 minutes to kill a very important woman, or else he will kill Watson’s daughter.

 

Director: John Badham

 

Writer: Patrick Sheane Duncan

 

Cast:  Johnny Depp                       (Gene Watson)

            Christopher Walken           (Mr. Smith)

            Courtney Chase                  (Lynn Watson)

            Charles Dutton                    (Huey)

            Roma Maffia                         (Ms. Jones)

            Marsha Mason                    (Gov. Eleanor Grant)

            Peter Strauss                       (Brendan Grant)

            Gloria Reuben                     (Krista Brooks)

            Bill Smitrovich                     (Officer Trust)

 

Rating: R

 

Review: This movie is a real time movie, just like the TV show “24”. Gene Watson is given 90 minutes to do something and indeed, the movie lasts 90 minutes, which is very cool. Because it is in real time, its all the more thrilling and suspensful to watch. I thought it was very interesting to see Johnny Depp in this kind of role. He plays a man who would never kill anyone, and yet he is pushed into doing just that in order to save his daughter. He is appropriately conflicted about his task. He needs to save his daughter, but he doesn’t want to kill this woman, so he is continually trying to find a way out of doing it. Christopher Walken is equally cool to watch. As always, in this kind of role, he is extremely creepy. He’s very good at that. Its great to see Johnny Depp and Christopher Walken working together.

 

Trivia: This is Johnny Depp’s second movie with Christopher Walken and his second with Charles Dutton. Christopher Walken was in Sleepy Hollow  as the Headless Horseman and Charles Dutton was in Secret Window as Ken Karsch.