| | | Ninety minutes. Six bullets. No choice.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Dolby, Digital Audio, English, Dolby Digital (5.1)
NICK OF TIME is a twist-filled, race-against-time thriller directed by John Badham (Drop Zone, Saturday Night Fever). And it is a race filmed in real-time so that the onscreen events unfold minute by nail-biting minute as they would in real life.
On a normal afternoon for accountant Gene Watson (Johnny Depp), the minutes and hours pass with little notice or concern. Not today. No sooner does the accountant arrive at L.A.'s Union Station with his six-year-old daughter than he's plunged into a nightmare. Two shadowy strangers (Christopher Walken, Romia Maffia) separate Watson from his little girl, slap a gun into his hand and present a devil's bargain: kill a top government official before she leaves a nearby political rally...or never again see his beloved child. The clock starts now.
"Taut suspense thriller." Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
"Powerful and unforgettable!" Ron Brewington, American Urban Radio Network
"A real nail-biter." Bob Slade, WRKS-FM
"A thriller with originality, ingenuity and nonstop suspense." David Sheehan, CBS-TV
Editor's Note
In John Badham's NICK OF TIME, Johnny Depp stars as Gene Watson, a mild-mannered, widowed accountant, and the father of six-year-old Lynn (Courtney Chase). While in Los Angeles's Union train station, they are abducted by a mysterious couple posing as police officers, Mr. Smith (Christopher Walken) and Ms. Jones (Roma Maffia). They give Gene a loaded gun and these orders: assassinate the "flaming liberal" governor of California (Marsha Mason) within the next 90 minutes, or they will kill his beloved daughter. Gene reluctantly agrees, and he is taken to the Bonaventure Hotel where the governor is making an appearance. Tension mounts as the clock ticks and Gene must outwit his conniving kidnappers. Shot in real time, the action of the movie is documented in the actual 90 minute running time of the movie. As Gene faces his gruesome task, minutes slip away, creating a palpable tension and a breathtaking reminder of every agonizing second. Christopher Walken is at his devilish best, wickedly tormenting the innocent hero. Reminiscent of Hitchcockian dilemmas, Gene is an ordinary man trapped in an extraordinary situation, forced to act before it is too late.
Plot Summary
Randomly accosted in L.A.'s Union Station, a man is given 90 minutes to murder an innocent politician or his daughter will be killed in this real-time action thriller starring Johnny Depp and Christopher Walken.
| Features | French Dolby Surround | | Theatrical Trailer | | Interactive Menus | | Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Paramount |
| Release Date: 8/22/2006 |
| Running Time: 88 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1995 | | Catalog ID: 330417 | | UPC: 00097363304173 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"...The plot is neat....A wild ride with enough forward momentum to hurtle you over the plot holes." 05/24/1996 p.108At-A-Glance Film Reviews 0 of 10
Johnny Depp and Christopher Walken star in this engrossing thriller. An innocent man is captured and forced to assassinate someone. We identify with Depp well, so that Walken's usual screen menace is made all the more threatening. The interesting thing about this film is that it takes place in (approximate) real time. Frequent references to the current time are made, and it makes for a nail-biting effect. Unlike a lot of thrillers, this is one where it's hard to see how the protagonist could possibly pull through. He's no dummy -- he's clever and quick-thinking, yet it seems not enough. - Sam
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