80 Minutes (2008)

"80 Minutes" seems at first as if it will be a low-budget version of "Crank," but with an unexpected and fairly effective plot twist at the climax, it morphs into a low-budget version of an entirely different film, which I will not allude to, so as to avoid spoiling the surprise, other than saying it was an excellent film with first-rate talent. While 80M is limited by its budget, it manages to retain the moral and emotional B-story of the other film. 80M isn't a great film, but it offers several satisfying plot twists, humor, witty banter and a lot of heart from its central characters. Production values are barely sufficient to convey the story. The three central characters deliver interesting performances, but many of the supporting characters lack depth. It's not without its faults, but it has its moments.

Whilst watching this I felt I was the one slowing dieing. The acting is wooden and worse then that at a school play. The characters are awful, it also has the worst chase scene, after hitting into a new jaguar the main character is chased by a 50+ balding fat man. The chaser doesn't have a gun, and the worst that could possibly happen if caught is a stern telling off. The whole film fails to draw you in, and seems unbelievable the whole time. It was actually a struggle to watch the whole film. The practical joke ends up with a lot big costs for other people, which is just to be forgotten at the end.

Is the first thing that came to mind after i watched 80 MINUTES. My nomination in this years winner of worst film at the RAZZIE AWARDSIts not good, not at all, unwatchable at time...I am not going to go into great detail about the film and this does contain spoiler innuendo, but i just have a 1 or 2 questions...First of all: why do is the brother German or Dutch when the protagonist is American? The acting was uncomfortable to watch, and dialogue is basically none existent.Im no critic, but i do watch a lot of films, and i have seen some bad ones... Only 80 MINUTES and one other has made me so say "What the f**k did i just watch?" and the end... What was that? Seriously? The mighty twist? It made M Night Shyamalan seem like KAISER Soza. Was that scene the actual conclusion of your film, or did you not have enough footage and decided to film you "Wrap" party? Wow...

I wasn't anticipating much (although you never know when you'll stumble upon the next "Run Lola Run"), but this failed to meet even greatly lowered expectations.I only got 40 minutes in, to be honest -- and even that far was because I was generously hoping that the poor dialogue, punchy acting, stilted directing and uneven plot pacing would somehow start to turn the corner and redeem itself. It didn't, so I turned it off.The story is simple: Dumb dude owes a mean guy money, so the mean guy injects dumb dude with a poison that will kill him in 80 minutes if he doesn't cough up the $15,000 he owes. Action-y hijinks ensue. Sadly, it wasn't well-conceived or written.The camera work was nice, images sharp, lighting appealing, etc. The rest of it was 40 minutes that no amount of money can give me back.