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88 Minutes (2007)

88 Minutes poster
Directed by
Jon Avnet
Genre
drama film, psychological thriller, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
R
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 1,196 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A forensic psychiatrist gets a death threat telling him he has 88 minutes left to live. He races to figure out who wants him dead before time runs out.

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What happens

88 Minutes is a 2007 thriller film directed by Jon Avnet and starring Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, William Forsythe, Deborah Kara Unger, Amy Brenneman, Neal McDonough and Benjamin McKenzie. In the film, famed forensic psychiatrist Dr. Jack Gramm (Pacino) is one of the most sought-after profilers in the world. His expert testimony resulted in the conviction of serial killer Jon Forster (McDonough). However, on the eve of Forster's execution, one of Gramm's students is murdered in a vicious copycat crime, and Gramm receives an ominous message informing him that he has 88 minutes to live. Released on March 2, 2007, in Israel, and in the United States on April 18, 2008, 88 Minutes underperformed at the box office, grossing $32.6 million against a $30 million budget, and was panned by critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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