Nick of Time

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Nick of Time

R,

1995,

1h 29m,

Mystery & Thriller

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Gene Watson (Johnny Depp) arrives at an L.A. train station with his young daughter, Lynn (Courtney Chase), and is confronted by mysterious Mr. Smith (Christopher Walken) and Ms. Jones (Roma Maffia). They hand him a gun, order him to kill the state governor within 75 minutes and threaten to murder his child if he doesn't comply. Smith accompanies Watson to a hotel where the governor is to speak, while Jones holds the girl. As Watson considers his options, the hour to act draws ever nearer.

Critics Consensus

It isn't the worst '90s action thriller, but by bungling a story pitting Johnny Depp against Christopher Walken, the rote Nick of Time ranks among the most disappointing.

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Anthony Puccinelli

Chicago Reader

Jun 9, 2022

1/4

If the director's emotions aren't real, aren't engaged by the story, then his characters' emotions won't be real either.

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Mike Clark

USA Today

Jan 1, 2000

1.5/4

The most preposterous movie in theaters isn't the Ace Ventura sequel (or even Money Train) but this wanna-be nail-biter.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan 1, 2000

2.5/4

Somehow the whole undertaking seems too contrived.

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

Sep 1, 2022

C-

Another bummer from John Badham.

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PJ Nabarro

Patrick Nabarro

Oct 31, 2019

2/5

Fair enough if the film isn't going to be a cerebral treatment of its real-time hook, but, for the most part, it fails in its more simple and pulpy remit to thrill.

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Barbara Shulgasser

Common Sense Media

Aug 22, 2018

3/5

'90s action-thriller has intense peril, cursing, violence.

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Draco W

Jan 22, 2019

Nick of Time starring Johnny Depp is a bore and a passable thriller at best. "Real terror in real time": that's what Nick of Time promises. Unfortunately, that's not what it delivers. Sure, the film unfolds with one minute of screen time equaling one minute of theater time, but there's no hint of tension. About the only thing John Badham's lamely-directed thriller has in common with an Alfred Hitchcock production is the blatant rip-off of a camera shot from Vertigo. Nick of Time relies on a bunch of easily-predicted "twists" to keep it moving. This motion picture rarely makes sense, even when you're not thinking too deeply about what's going on.

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Leia L

Aug 26, 2018

I just caught this on tv. The problem I have with the story is so they need this random guy to go and commit the assassination so they kidnap daughter to motivate him. However along the way they have so many inside people including the governors own security detail that are in on the plot and her own husband that I don't see why they need this guy when anyone of them could've poisoned her rig the car for a bad accident etc. this makes the plot really not believable and contrived.

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Abraham W

Jan 7, 2018

This is an under appreciated gem. Set in real time and with JD and Walken heading the cast, this is a top notch thriller. Walken is at his unnerved best poking and prodding JD's straight man. For fans of these 2 actors this is a rare delight. Ignore the low score and give it a go.

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Finn R

Nov 3, 2017

It does the job cool way and effectively !

George S

Jun 14, 2017

Very interesting and well done; only mystery is why everyone hated it.

Poe S

Feb 6, 2012

The film is a lot of fun, even if it is terribly flawed with conventional storytelling. Great central cast and an early Depp performance. Walken steals the show as normal, he just oozes charisma in every scene and without him the film doesn't tick along. I miss these mid budget thrillers, they had so much ambition and no real issues being made, they just made no money. Fun premise and a guilty time waster. 19/04/2019

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John Badham

Director

Johnny Depp

Gene Watson

Christopher Walken

Mr. Smith

Charles S. Dutton

Huey

Peter Strauss

Brendan Grant

Roma Maffia

Ms. Jones

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Synopsis

Gene Watson (Johnny Depp) arrives at an L.A. train station with his young daughter, Lynn (Courtney Chase), and is confronted by mysterious Mr. Smith (Christopher Walken) and Ms. Jones (Roma Maffia). They hand him a gun, order him to kill the state governor within 75 minutes and threaten to murder his child if he doesn't comply. Smith accompanies Watson to a hotel where the governor is to speak, while Jones holds the girl. As Watson considers his options, the hour to act draws ever nearer.

Director: John Badham
Producer: John Badham
Screenwriter: Patrick Sheane Duncan
Production Co: Paramount Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 21, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $7.8M
Runtime: 1h 29m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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