As Time Runs Out (TV 1999)A wealthy man races against time to save his kidnapped son whose abductor left him with a bomb set to detonate. Director:Jerry LondonWriter:Ronald Parker (teleplay) |
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As Time Runs Out (TV 1999)A wealthy man races against time to save his kidnapped son whose abductor left him with a bomb set to detonate. Director:Jerry LondonWriter:Ronald Parker (teleplay) |
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Dan Carlin
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Janet Wise
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Emmett Shoemaker | ... |
Marcus Carlin
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Sheila Moore |
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| Rick Roberts | ... |
Alex Redman
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Shiela Redman
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Tim Henry | ... |
Bill Redman
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Ingrid Tesch | ... |
Annie
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Nicole Robert | ... |
Female Vendor
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Phil
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Luke
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Brad
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The son of an industrialist is kidnapped. In attempting to deal with the kidnapper, a former employee, he is accidentally killed. The only clue that the investigative team, headed by a police lieutenant, has is that the boy is hidden away and a bomb has been implanted in one of his toys and will explode in 24 hours. Written by John sacksteder <jsack@ka.net>
I grabbed this off the public library shelf and thought it would make decent weekend afternoon fare. I didn't hold hopes for greatness. I actually thought major cheese in a DVD box. I was surprised! At first I thought it would be a typical "too-busy-parent-gets-a-lesson" movie, and then it turned into an untypical kidnapping story. The acting was more than decent, as was the plot. There was a forced momentum to the action, and there was some predicable plot points, yet I sat riveted. I thought the ending would be predicable--nope, it wasn't. It was such a simple resolve it had me admiring the writing. Be it TV or the DVD it's worth a watch.