Director: Jon Avnet
Writer: Gary Scott Thompson
Producer(s): Jon Avnet, Randall Emmett, Michael P. Flannigan, George Furla, Avi Lerner, and Gary Scott Thompson.
Starring: Al Pacino as Dr. Jack Gramm, Alicia Witt as Kim Cummings, LeeLee Sobieski as Lauren Douglas, Amy Brenneman as Shelly Barnes, William Forsythe as Special Agent Frank Parks, and Neal Mcdonough as Jon Forster.
Nine years after Forensic Psychiatrist Dr. Gramm provided his pivotal expert opinion which helped placed serial killer Jon Forster behind bars, women were being murdered in the exact manner Forster supposedly killed them. As a result, Forster began pleading his innocence, for if he his in prison and these murders are being committed, then he cannot be guilty of the crimes he was imprisoned for. Now, there is skepticism about Dr. Gramm's so called expert opinion. Amidst all the pressure he is under to reconsider his opinion, while walking on campus he receives a phone call communicating to him he will die in 88 minutes.
This movie drove me absolutely crazy because I was so sucked in as I tried to figure out what was going on. Dr. Gramm seemed to have almost gone crazy as well because he saw almost everyone as a suspect including his students. However, some of his students were not as trusting toward him either.
No time is waisted at all concerning the plot's development. The pace of the film does not lag, if my recollection serves me right. This is an incredibly focused film that does not allow complacency to sink in the plot for it keeps you intensely engaged. From one scene to the next there is a constant sense of urgency.
This story motif has been seen before with movies like Crank, and DOA. The acting was great and the script was not extraordinary but it was sufficient and relatively smart. The script primarily explained the film, but through the flash-backs the editing aslo helped the audience understand Dr. Gramm's thought process. This is an enjoyable, engaging, and suspenseful film, which admittedly is not absolutely original but quite entertaining regardless. According to Movies.com, critics gave it an F, fans gave it a C+, and I will side with the fans and give it a C+, Stay tuned, Movieporium.blogspot.com.
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