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Nick of Time (1995)

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User Rating: 6.2/10 (10,908 votes)
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Overview

Director:
John Badham
Writer (WGA):
Patrick Sheane Duncan (written by)
Release Date:
22 November 1995 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
Within 90 minutes, someone is going to die... And the clock is ticking. more
Plot:
Gene Watson is a public accountant who arrives on a train at Union Station in Los Angeles, accompanied by his 6-year-old daughter Lynn... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Clever little thriller more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Johnny Depp ... Gene Watson

Courtney Chase ... Lynn Watson

Charles S. Dutton ... Huey

Christopher Walken ... Mr. Smith

Roma Maffia ... Ms. Jones
Marsha Mason ... Gov. Eleanor Grant

Peter Strauss ... Brendan Grant

Gloria Reuben ... Krista Brooks

Bill Smitrovich ... Officer Trust
G.D. Spradlin ... Mystery Man

Yul Vazquez ... Gustino (Guest Services)
Edith Diaz ... Irene (Domestic Maintenance)
Armando Ortega ... Hector (Guest Services)
C.J. Bau ... Mixologist
Cynthena Sanders ... Beverage Server
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for violence and language.
Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (DeLuxe)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
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Trivia:
Unusual for a feature, the film has only one major establishing shot. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Watson says he's from Santa Maria, which is near Lompoc (California), pronouncing it "lom-pock". If he actually lived there, he'd know it's pronounced "LOM-poke". more
Quotes:
Gene Watson: Ma'am? I'll take my daughter. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) more
Soundtrack:
Marching Band Music more

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25 out of 28 people found the following comment useful:-
Clever little thriller, 17 October 2001
Author: bob the moo from Birmingham, UK

A clever idea - an thriller played along real time to involve the viewer directly in the tension and pressure of the deadlines. Depp is forced to kill a senator or his daughter will be killed by Walken and Maffia. He is given a gun and a time limit to carry it out.

As the basis for a thriller it doesn't quite work - the real time concept falls apart a few times, but with this much talent on board it still holds it own. A throwback to the Hitchcock everyman thrillers of years ago, Depp plays his character well and you always believe he is just an ordinary man in an unbelievable situation rather than an action hero in the making while Walken does what he does best and plays the villain well.

The plot holds together well and you really find stuff out at the same time as Depp does. Some of the conspiracy stuff towards the end of the film is obvious and doesn't add anything to the film, but the main story revolving around Depp and Walken is tense enough to carry the film.

It doesn't contain any explosions or martial arts but the tension is good throughout. It's not a classic thriller but it's quite an original idea and plot and almost manages to keep the tension for the whole movie.

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