Plot: Police chief Whitlock is secretly dating a colleague's wife. She is a cancer patient and doesn't have long to live, so he wants to try and help her. They decide to skip town, but on the night they plan to leave her house burns down. Whitlock is assigned to the case, but all evidence starts to point to him.
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May 02, 2024
A pretty basic thriller that hinges almost entirely on its lead actor. This is 100% a Denzel Washington film, the rest is just filler and fluff. The good thing is that Washington is pretty solid, the bad thing is that he isn't the kind of actor who can singlehandedly carry a film, certainly not when the director isn't helping him out.
Out of Time is a film that goes through the motions. The plot isn't too exciting, the characters are a little dim and the twists aren't incredibly surprising, but the pacing is solid, and while there's never any doubt about the outcome, there is a nice build-up of tension. Not great, but not all that bad either.