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3 out of 6 people found the following review useful:
A Predictable Film Noir, Full of Clichés and Coincidences, 23 March 2004

Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

Minor Spoilers

In Florida, Matt Lee Whitlock (Denzel Washington) is the local chief police. He was responsible for the prison of a great lord of drugs and had his picture stamped on the front page of many newspapers. Presently he is divorcing from his wife, the homicide detective Alex Diaz Whitlock (Eva Mendes), and has a lover, Ann Merai Harrison (Sanaa Lathan). Ann is married with the former player Chris Harrison (Dean Cain). One day, Ann goes to her doctor with Matt, and she is informed she has a terminal cancer, having a maximum of six months of life. She tries unsuccessfully to raise some money, using her insurance policy, for having a better treatment and traveling to Europe. Then, she puts Matt´s name as her primary beneficiary in the insurance policy. Matt decides to give the US$ 450,00.00 that is in custody in the police safe box, once it is the evidence against the arrested lord of drugs. The schedule for using that money in court is about two years, when Matt would return it with part of the money of the life insurance of Ann. On the next day, the house of Ann and Chris is under fire and their bodies are found completely unrecognized. Meanwhile, the DEA requests the evidence stored in the police department for some further investigation. The police investigation in the two corpuses shows that the persons were dead before the fire. Out of time, having just a couple of hours to solve the crime, Matt runs a parallel investigation of the mystery, trying to find the money. The result is very predictable. I had participated in a promotion about cinema and won the ticket for this film. Having Denzel Washington in the cast, I indeed expected a great movie. But it is not! The story, full of coincidences, clichés and very predictable, looks like a comedy not funny, or maybe a laughable police story. Maybe it works on VHS or DVD, but spending time and money going to the movie theater is not worthwhile. There are lots of B-movies much original than this one. Denzel Washington disappointed me in such a role. A similar plot was magnificently explored by David Mamet, in `The Spanish Prisoner'. But `Out of Time' is pretentious and ridiculous. My vote is five.

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Time killer, 1 March 2004
Author: ctomvelu from usa

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SPOILERS AHEAD: Passable if dopey thriller featuring the ever-reliable Denzel as a cop struck stupid by the heavy scent of one too many sultry women in his complicated life. He's a cop with a very sexy wife who also happens to be a cop and his soon-to-be-ex, and an even sexier gal pal who feeds him a sob story about having an incurable disease. He swallows this musk-scented fable hook, line and sinker and steals some drug money from the station safe for her "operation." Only she disappears with the money, and he realizes he has been set up. The rest of the flick has Denzel struggling to stay one step ahead of guess who -- the soon-to-be-ex, who is hot on his trail. She turns out to be as dumb as he, however, and it all works out in the end. The bad guys die, the good guys live. So what else is new? A great dumb flick for a really dreary Saturday night. Denzel is OK playing a man addled by too much tang. The two gals are spectacular. Check them out on IMDB. While you're at it, check out the two gals from BOAT TRIP. Imagine the four of them in one room. Your room. Heads would explode.

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Denzel why do you waste your time and talent??, 20 January 2004
Author: RNWilson

Well it was another one of these. Over an hour and a half of my life spent building something up and taking the cheapest way out for an ending. This occurrence has plagued movies for years. Just like insomnia, this film has an actor that could be doing much better and a no brain ending. It is too bad nobody is original anymore, don't ya think?

If you need some good old action entertainment with no originality check it out. If you waiting for Denzel's next career defining film look elsewhere.

I give it a 5 out of 10.

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Never quite believable, 17 January 2004
Author: pro_crustes from Atlantic Coast, USA

Denzel Washington is a formidable actor whom I used to love before he developed his fondness for playing dubious anti-heroes in his films. Is he pandering? Maybe, but not in this film. In this one, he takes his crack at the no-we're-not-done-yet style of movie exemplified by quirky films like "Wild Things." As with all such films that follow twist with twist and twist again, it really isn't convincing. Also, the female lead comes off as kind of a dunderhead when she's supposed to be a competent professional. Over and over, she fails to check on even the simplest facts that, if she had, would have cracked the case she's working on instantly. At the same time, some of the things Washington's police-chief character does to avoid be discovered for his role in events are not always kosher (ex: punching a hotel clerk so badly he ends up going to the hospital to avoid being detected while impersonating a suspect; the clerk is just a bystander, so are we supposed to think it's funny that a chief of police would slug him for such a reason?).

There are some very dry, funny bits between Washington and John Billingsley ("Enterprise"'s Dr. Phlox), but their Odd-Couple relationship is never developed. Too bad, as it's the strongest chemistry in the film. Dean Cain shows he can be a chilling bad guy, though, so there are a couple of good performances. Alas, Washington's cop is not sympathetic, his wife/co-cop is too easily fooled, and the whole story is just too far-fetched. You know, as a comedy, this might have worked. As a police-procedural/thriller, it fails.

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Good, but I wanted a Twist at the END!!, 10 January 2004
Author: DJAkin (donjakin@yahoo.com) from AZ

This was a good flick,,,,as all Denzel movies are. The way he was getting himself out of TROUBLE constantly was amazing. I mean, geeze! I never could have pulled off that FAX stunt! He must have amazing COMPUTER SKILLS!!! I also like Gina Gershwin as the HOMOCIDE DETECTIVE. She delivered the goods. But what about Dean Caine? Is he going to be a bad guy from now on? That guy is a total actor!! I was amazed at this former DALLAS COWBOY RUNNINGBACK and how he delivered the GOODS as an actor!! Way to go Dean!!!

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Out of Patience, 10 January 2004
Author: ddsterrell from United States

This movie is a substantial disappointment. I've probably come to expect too much from Denzel Washington films. On the up side, Denzel is still a good actor, the supporting cast is fine, scenery is good, and it's all superficially attractive to watch. Down side is that the pacing is painfully slow in the first 1/3 the film and then lags intermittently throughout, the plot is silly and mostly predictable, and the entire ride is manipulative and ultimately unbelieveable. It just gets sillier and sillier as you go along. They should have taken a lot of garbage and downtime out of this film in the cutting room. I also troubled me that Denzel was so much less than noble in this film; I found myself not really rooting for him, and just watching him squirm out of this mess wasn't enough. I have to believe that most of the good reviews for this film arise from its style and pizazz ... there's little of substance.

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an o.k. movie, 9 January 2004
Author: occupation_foole from lima ohio

I was not expecting it to be a great movie so I was not let down.It was not Denzel's best movie.I was not bored by it but I also was not on the edge of my seat.Even if this movie had an allstar cast I still think that it would not be great.I would only recommend this movie to someone that is a Denzel fan if you are not you probably would not like it.

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Dazed and confused, 14 November 2003

Author: Satchmo_is_Cool from United States

About an hour has passed since I got through Out Of Time, and I'm still asking myself, "Why did he do it?" By him, I'm referring to Carl Franklin, director of Devil In a Blue Dress and One False Move and now this. Everything about this movie feels half-baked: the convoluted script that is full of implausibilities; the spotty direction which is a shocker coming from the usually formidable Franklin; and the decision by actor Denzel Washington to play the lead in this mess. I know Franklin is getting on in years and I wonder to what extent, if any, did feelings of career anxiety play in the decision to make Out Of Time. After all, life is uncertain and one may wonder how many more films the director has left in him. Regardless, my final feeling when reflecting on this neo-noir is one of disappointment.

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Out of time for one major reason..., 22 October 2003
Author: Spider-Lou from Bristol, CT

The first act is establishing characters and story lines so boringly sloooooooooooooooooooooow! The most unfortunate thing is that all of it leads to the crucial race-against-time part of the story, where Denzel Washington's character tries to cover up his indiscretion as well as his own ass. The movie finally does kick out of first gear and becomes fun to watch as twists and turns pop up. The plot initially reminded me of Al Pacino's dilemma from "Insomnia," now I realize it is totally lifted from "No Way Out." It had some tense moments, but most of them became goofy. I felt I was watching a big sitcom. The hotel scene may well have revived Benny Hill.

Well, as usual DW makes the most of an ordinary big screen character in Matt Whitlock. Eva Mendes is fine as hell, but no great actress, too bad because her decent character is the Detective assigned to the murders that happen in Banyan Key, FL. A good moment between them was when she found something on him and it changed their demeanor throughout the final act. John Billingsley (Dr. Phlox on "Star Trek: Enterprise") is pretty good comic relief, but unnecessary since the whole movie is hardly serious.

I agree with another reviewer here that the "happy ending" was totally anti-climactic. Again, DVD is the way to watch this one, because it is entertaining enough to check out now and then, except the corny, melodramatic first act. If that was whittled down some, maybe Denzel wouldn't have had so much to worry about.

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i WAS OUT PATIENCE...., 13 October 2003
Author: rajagopal from ca

I am a big fan of Washington.....I always wanted him to win the Oscars , he did, I never wanted him to act in any of the run of the mill B grade movies and sadly he has done that too....

But for danzel, this movie has nothing going for it. there are a billion ways u can spend ur 9.25 buks to give u a smile....but not this movie....

he is a police chief who gets setup, poor chap gets featured in the local daily for a heroic act, but did not see this coming. his wife is the detective who would take a call on the speaker if the scene demands u to move to ur seat's edge, danzel plays with the wires and a scanner and makes a fax machine a printer....boy a lot of clichés and rip offs...

stay away from this movie, wait for the dvd, it will be out soon, and u will know what u did not miss.....

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