Al Pacino is doomed professor Jack Gramm in 88 Minutes. Apparently someone does not like Professor Gram sticking his knowledgable nose into police matters.
The FBI often asks Gramm for assistance when they need help in the area of forensic psychiatry. According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, forensic psychiatry is the application of psychiatry in courts of law (as for the determination of criminal responsibility or liability to commitment for insanity).Based on this information, we know where this is going and that the professor is in real danger, he has received a cryptic message that he will be killed in 88 minutes. Can he locate the person or persons who have given him just over one hour to live?
I did not recognize Al Pacino in this trailer, he is much thinner than I remember him, and like everyone else has aged a bit. I am anxious to see this film, I have finally admitted to myself that I like man-on-the-run-to-find-justice flicks. 88 Minutes will be in theaters April 18. Others in the cast are Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski and Neal McDonough. The early reviews have not been good for the film, however, I often like what the masses do not. When the film 88 Minutes trailer was first shown on television and in movie theaters I imagine other classic film fans first thoughts were similar to mine, this sounds like the old Edmond O'Brien movie, DOA.
DOA, the 1950 black and white noir classic is about a man (Edmond O'Brien) who finds out that he has been poisoned and is determined to find his killer before his time runs out. His first step is to report his own murder to the local police. Dennis Quaid is the protagonist in the 1988 remake of the same name.
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