Nick of Time

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I'd like to say that although the script was horrible at least Johnny Depp and Christopher Walken made the film worth a watch. We're talking about two fine American actors here. But, even if you've enjoyed every performance you've ever seen from Johnny Depp or Christopher Walken, take a pass on this movie. I've never seen a more uninspired performance from either of them. Ever. As for the script here's the deal - Some people who are politically connected want a certain governor dead. These are high powered people with serious money and inside connections with law enforcement. It would be very difficult to stop them. Well, unless of course their plan was "Let's grab some random stranger off a train, kidnap his daughter and blackmail him into killing the governor for us." Yea, that's gonna work. The Three Stooges in a Banana Republic might come up with a assassination scheme like this. It still wouldn't work, but at least it would be more fun to watch. I won't spoil it for you and tell you how things work out for Johnny Depp and his daughter but then again, do I really have to? And what's up with all the revolvers? I haven't seen this many revolvers in a film since the Dirty Harry films in the 1970's.

I actually really enjoyed this movie. It asks many questions about what a person would do in an impossible situation. The script is well done, funny and totally unpredictable. It is also quite original. This movie is certainly worth watching.

Are you kidding me? Thank goodness I'm watching this film in 2009 (post 9/11) and not 1995 when it came out because it's supposed to be a thriller and I'm laughing my bottom off like it's comedy. This film makes a mockery of Johnny Depp and Christopher Walken's talents as actors, it's a shocker to me that they even agreed to read the script let alone act in such fluff. Like most recent reviewers, I am catching up on Johnny Depp movies and I just have to say that this one in a clunker along an otherwise smooth road. Stupid Plot, stupid, stupid, stupid. The script should have been used to scoop up kitty litter rather than wasting money by making it into a film.

Not that great. Too contrived, too many holes in the plot. Even great actors like Johnny Depp and Christoopher Walken can't save this. To its credit though, it is short and does keep moving at a brisk pace, so at least it isn't dull.

It is not a gratifying task to write a bad review on a movie. I am doing it to save some of my soul mates from spending valuable ninety minutes on this movie. The plot is an unpleasent mix of boring predictability and irritating implausibility. The actors (believe it or not: even Christopher Walken) are struggling to push through the irrealistic and unjustifiable actions of their cartoon-like characters. The athmosphere, the political message, the acting, the plot... It just doesn't work. Even if you are not fastidious about the depth and credibility of the movies you like, this one may easily ruin your evening.

Most preposterous "thriller" I've ever seen. Completely without any redeeming feature, apart from the fact that it's only 90 minutes. With a movie this bad, the shorter the better. There are so many flaws in this movie, I don't have time to enumerate them all. It's completely unbelievable, the writing is terrible, and the acting is mediocre. The acting might be decent, actually, but with a script this bad, who can tell? If you want to see a riveting thriller based on a simple idea, see Phonebooth. If you're a glutton for punishment or have never seen a movie before, then Nick of Time may be a good choice.

Lately, Johnny Depp has proved he can do no wrong at the box-office, though occasionally in the past he has stumbled or the pictures themselves failed to catch fire. Although he generally makes movies of quality, it's in films like "Nick of Time", with the actor playing an Everyman embroiled in danger, where Depp tends to flounder. Cast as an accountant (and wearing stereotypical 'accountant' garb such as yuppie clothes and wire-rimmed glasses!), Depp becomes involved in a plot to assassinate the Governor of California. Filmed in 'real time' a la "High Noon", the picture has a good director (the workman-like John Badman) and fine support from Marsha Mason (a good choice as the Governor) and Charles S. Dutton (a guy from the working-class who believes Johnny's story). Yet, the set-up for this derivative plot is completely ludicrous, with unintentional laughter and shameless holes in the script mitigating any hope for suspense. *1/2 from ****

Everything in that movie is phony. The basic thing if you want to make a good suspense film is that the situation is believable and you can identify with the protagonist and think: "Oh my Gosh that could happen to me" "If it does, I would react exactly like this"... In this film a very strong and professional outfit (Christopher Walken) wants to kill the governor of California (we'll never know why) during a political meeting (so corny, already in 1995).This outfit include almost everybody except the governor herself, including all the security crew (!??). And in order to do that they kidnap some guy (Johnny Depp) and his daughter randomly at the train station, give a gun to this guy (who has never used a gun before in his life) and tell him that if he doesn't kill the governor at 1:30 pm they will execute his daughter. Off course the guy doesn't want to do it and try to escape them but Christopher Walken keeps popping up from everywhere to keep the pressure on Johnny Depp. So the question is: "Why didn't they hire some hit-man to do the job????" Because there would have been no film? Yes, it's true but it would have made more sense.