Ladies and gentlemen, what we have here is a robbery. I saw 88 Minutes on the new release shelf of a movie rental store last summer and it is, without question, a straight-to-DVD Al Pacino vehicle and already pinned as the worst film of his career. And now, today we have a new trailer because Columbia Pictures has reached the awesome decision to release it theatrically on April 18, 2008.
Watch it (the trailer, I’d boycott the movie) to see Pacino doing his Heat schtick in the dark while wearing the worst tie of his career and being threatened by a Scream-like killer who says “Tick, Tock, Tock” not once but twice, and the latter time it’s presented even deeper like it’s a legendary one liner. Pacino often gets lost, but Alicia Witt, what happened? Do not defend this trailer/movie in the comments.
You can also watch the trailer in High Definition on Yahoo! Movies. 88 Minutes hits movie theaters on April 18th 2008.
January 25th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
First.
And wow, that’s bad. Al Pacino did this?!
January 25th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
I forgot to mention that Pacino’s hair is the top draw in this flick. Death by mousse. How did this movie happen?
January 25th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
OH MY GOD THIS MOVIE WILL BE AWESOME. HOW CAN YOU SAY IT’LL SUCK? TICK-TOCK!!!!111
January 25th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
@Jack.
You stink like a talk backer….
January 25th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
I wish they woulda called this “Dr. Jack.”
January 25th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
whats the point of seeing the film after watching the trailer. WHEN IT SHOWS THE WHOLE MOVIE!
January 25th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
But you have to rent it to hear him say…..Hoo AHHH!
January 25th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
I really liked Coppola’s interview from a few months ago talking about what Nicholson, DeNiro, and Pacino were up to these days.
So depressing.
This movie looks better than Two For The Money.
January 26th, 2008 at 12:29 am
Seriously, who the f*ck is Hunter Stephenson??? Can someone please tell me how this f*g has the balls to rip the legend Al Pacino? Another wanna be director that never made it so he gets off by trashing any and everything. Hey yo Hunter, keep yo mouth shut boy, keep talkin shit, I GUARANTEE something gonna happen to yah. Seriously, keep it up boy.
January 26th, 2008 at 12:38 am
^ rofl
idiot
January 26th, 2008 at 12:52 am
Actually, I saw it, and I believe he says “tick tock doc” seeing as Al Pacino plays Doctor Jack Graham. And yes, they say it like frickin 20 times in the movie.
“tick tock doc”
January 26th, 2008 at 2:58 am
Oh, very clever. This was like re-naming that Ator movie “The Cave Dwellers” in hopes that no one would notice.
January 26th, 2008 at 4:10 am
Wow. Does anyone else think Millennium Films should update their logo AND not use MS Pant?
January 26th, 2008 at 4:10 am
paint*
January 26th, 2008 at 10:00 am
Now that I’m not commenting drunk, let me add my two cents.
I saw this movie and it is INSULTINGLY bad. Seriously. There are very few redeeming qualities and Pacino just sleepwalks his way through it, as thought he was wondering the entire time, “My god, what have I gotten myself into?”
I cannot fathom why he would read this script and sign on. The script was AWFUL, AWFUL, AWFUL - completely cliche-ridden, contrived, boring, predictable, formulaic, iccck. I am going to give him the benefit of the doubt and say that he must have either done this as A) a favor or B) to fulfill a contract - neither is a GOOD excuse, but it would make me feel better about the man’s judgment.
So, what I’m trying to say is this movie is one of the worst of Pacino’s career.
January 26th, 2008 at 10:57 am
I’m not sure how anyone could defend that
trailer. I couldn’t even see myself watching
that movie on cable while bed bound with
a bad cold.
January 26th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
is that leelee sobieski in the trailer? she’s looking pretty good. she’s also a pretty good lock that the movie’s gonna blow.
January 27th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Actually, I thought the trailer looked pretty good. I’ve certainly seen much, much worse. This type of story (is the cop innocent? does the serial killer have a friend on the outside?) has been done before, so the trick will be in what plot elements they use to keep you guessing or, failing that, keep you entertained.
I notice people keep saying the trailer is bad but they don’t say what, exactly, they don’t like. The “tick, tock”? Big deal, I’ve seen movies use phrases like that. (”Fallen” with Denzel Washington used the lines “Time is on my side” from the song. The “Scream” trailers routinely said “Do you want to play a game?” in that raspy voice. Oh, and Die Hard has the famous “Hippy-cayay-…” well, you know.) Catch phrases are nothing new.
Is this a movie for Al Pacino? I don’t know. It didn’t look like his style of film from the trailer, I’ll grant that. That, of course, says nothing about the quality of the story. (I’ve watched some bad actors in a pretty good story. I’ve also watched a lousy story be at least watchable by good actors.)
An interesting question for me: if Al Pacino was not in this (and it was just some other actor), would the people who apparently hate the film still hate it as much?
January 27th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
@ Jeff
Oy vey.
January 28th, 2008 at 1:26 am
I won’t see it in the theatres, but I definetly would see it on DVD.
January 30th, 2008 at 11:42 am
I’m pretty sure he’s saying “Tick Tock, Doc” as in Pacino plays a forensic psychologist and would then be a doctor.
April 8th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
The plot of the movie seems to be very intriguing and interesting!
-armine
April 17th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
this movie is great i saw it and who ever says its bad doesnt know what the are talking about, and also when the phone calls are made the killer say’s tick tock doc not tick tock tock. ugh get it right if you are trying to make a point. Even though your point is crap. Who ever say’s this movie is bad needs help
April 17th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
I agree with tcb this movie was amazing…