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The underlying gimmick of "Nick of Time" will be familiar to anyone who has been unable to avoid the TV commercials. A man is chosen at random, handed a gun, and told that his young daughter will be killed unless he assassinates the governor of California. The fact that former L.A. Mayor Tom Bradley was persuaded to play a cameo in this story movie, and that Gov. Pete Wilson's office is thanked for its cooperation, is more evidence that in Los Angeles everyone wants to be a star.

The movie features Johnny Depp as Watson, an everyman who arrives at the Los Angeles train station with his daughter Lynn (Courtney Chase). Surveying the crowd are Mr. Smith ( Christopher Walken ) and Ms. Jones ( Roma Maffia ). They confront Watson, flash badges, tell him he's under arrest, and bundle him and his daughter into a van. Then they explain their plan.

This all takes place shortly after noon. Watson is told he has 90 minutes to make the hit. If he doesn't, his daughter will die. The movie itself clocks in at 104 minutes, but part of that is accounted for by the pre-story and the end credits. The action mirrors the 90-minute time limit so closely that it's a curious sensation, being able to look at the clocks on the screen to tell how much longer the movie has to run.

The governor ( Marsha Mason ) is spending that part of the day at the Bonaventure Hotel in L.A. Mr. Smith takes Watson there and then follows him to make sure he doesn't try anything funny. We meet a mystery man who seems behind the scheme - a wealthy backer of the governor, who wants revenge because she backed out of promises to him. The millionaire is played by the dependable G. D. Spradlin, as your basic sinister military industrialist.

Not that Walken isn't dependable, too. He once told me he's always being stopped on the street, not by people who recognize him as a movie star, but by people who think they might have served time with him in prison. He has that look: The flat face, the cold eyes.

He's one of the great movie heavies, and he isn't ever going to be asked to play Santa Claus. Here he delivers one of his patented monologues, explaining how he once killed a friend, and will gladly kill again: "That was somebody I loved - I loved him. But - I put him down like a sick animal." The clock ticks away. Watson, played by Depp with a low-key ordinariness that is mostly convincing, grows desperate. There is no danger that he'll turn into a surprise action hero; they cast Depp and not Stallone for a reason. No, he tries to use his brain to figure a way to save his daughter without killing the governor. And his efforts are ingenious. I won't reveal them.

Among the other actors: Gloria Reuben is the governor's assistant, who must make a snap judgment about whether Watson is telling the truth. Charles S. Dutton is the hotel shoeshine man, whom Depp tries to recruit for help. And Peter Strauss is the governor's husband.

The movie was directed by John Badham , whose " WarGames " (1983) was a terrific thriller. He cheats a little in one sensational shot that is not what it seems (and doesn't have a convincing explanation), but apart from that it's effective the way he clicks off the minutes and draws out the tension.

But somehow the whole undertaking seems too contrived. Comparing it with, say, Clint Eastwood and Wolfgang Petersen's "In the Line of Fire" (1983), I didn't feel the same sense of urgency. It's as if the time device distracts from the reality, by constantly reminding us it's only a movie. The efforts of the hotel staff seem suspiciously well coordinated (a well-timed food cart depends on the person pushing it being prescient). I was also bothered by the notion of putting the little girl in danger for 90 minutes - not because it was heartless (it's only a movie) but because an early scene made me doubt Ms. Jones would really kill her.

The most memorable thing about the movie is its chilling premise, which has such sick logic I hope it doesn't give anyone any ideas.

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Nick of Time (1995)

Rated R For Violence and Language

104 minutes

Johnny Depp as Gene Watson

Christopher Walken as Mr. Smith

Marsha Mason as Gov. Grant

Charles S. Dutton as Shoeshine Man

Gloria Reuben as Krista Brooks

Roma Maffia as Ms. Jones

Directed by

• John Badham
• Patrick Sheane Duncan

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

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Parents need to know that Nick of Time is a suspense thriller that gets off to a nonstop start and never lets up. A mild-mannered widower is randomly picked at a train station to assassinate the California governor. If he doesn't do it, the conspirators will kill his young daughter, whom they hold hostage…

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Bad guys threaten to kill a man's young daughter if he doesn't assassinate the C

"F--k," "s--t," "bitch," "c--ksucker," "pissed," and "ass."

A couple kiss passionately in public.

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People will do surprisingly terrible things for money and power.

Mild-mannered accountant Gene turns out to be more resourceful than we thought.

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Bad guys threaten to kill a man's young daughter if he doesn't assassinate the California governor. Everyone on her security staff is in on the plot, and many of them shoot people or get shot themselves. Some blood is seen. A man is pushed over a balcony but lands in water. A woman points a gun at a little girl but is stopped from shooting her. A man with only one leg uses his prosthesis to attack a woman with a gun. A man is kicked in the groin and throws up from the pain.

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Parents need to know that Nick of Time is a suspense thriller that gets off to a nonstop start and never lets up. A mild-mannered widower is randomly picked at a train station to assassinate the California governor. If he doesn't do it, the conspirators will kill his young daughter, whom they hold hostage. Tension mounts throughout and the threat of violence looms every minute -- against the little girl, against the governor, against those who try to help the man. Shots fly. A woman is killed at point-blank range. A bodyguard throws himself over a potential shooting victim. Blood is seen. Language includes "f--k," "s--t," "c--ksucker," and "bitch." To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails .

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What's the Story?

Gene ( Johnny Depp ) is a mild-mannered accountant and widower traveling with his small daughter. In NICK OF TIME, a canny hired killer named Smitty ( Christopher Walken ) randomly selects Gene at a Los Angeles train station to carry out an assassination plot against the governor of California (Marsha Mason), who is making a campaign stop in a nearby hotel. Gene doesn't look like he would hurt a fly but Smitty and his cohort (Roma Maffia) assure him that they will kill his little girl if he doesn't comply. They give him a pistol and a picture of the governor and a strict timetable. Lest he think he can get help, Smitty follows him closely -- alongside his taxi to the hotel, into the men's room, to the bar, and when he stops to shine his shoes -- threatening Gene all along the way. Gene tries to alert the governor's security detail only to discover that they're in on the elaborate plot, which goes all the way up to her husband and the wealthy donors who are no longer happy with the way she's running things. Gene alerts the governor's aide but that just gets her killed. A sympathetic disabled veteran (Charles S. Dutton) enlists some courageous hotel workers to switch clothes with Gene so he can personally warn the governor, but she remains skeptical. Increasingly desperate and daring, Gene attends the event where the murder is to take place but fires shots at the ceiling and at the governor's betrayers instead of at her, forcing her own men to shoot at her. A newsman reports that the plot goes all the way to the top just as the wealthy donor who put it in motion steps into his limo and drives away.

Is It Any Good?

Like Speed and Phone Booth , two other nonstop suspense action movies about avoiding disasters plotted by evildoers, Nick of Time moves with clockwork precision and momentum. Unlike the protagonist in Phone Booth , Gene is an innocent who steps out of docile fatherhood and accountant-hood into an alternate universe of crime, corruption, and special interest that has nothing to do with him and his innocent daughter. The venality and political cynicism of The Manchurian Candidate was surely a model for this lesser movie, but viewers may admire the echoes anyway.

Depp does a good job as a man torn by his instincts to do all he can to protect his daughter despite his naturally recessive personality. Walken has a blast as the whip-smart assassin who thinks of himself as a "people person." After Walken outlines the situation, Depp says, "You're outta your mind," and Walken deadpans, "What's your point?" The movie passes far beyond the bounds of credibility many times, and once the action starts it maintains a pretty one-note level of tension, but older teens who can take the strain may be willing to go along for the ride.

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Movie Details

• In theaters : November 27, 1995
• On DVD or streaming : October 24, 2017
• Cast : Johnny Depp , Christopher Walken , Charles S. Dutton , Roma Maffia
• Director : John Badham
• Inclusion Information : Black actors, Female actors
• Studio : Paramount Pictures
• Genre : Drama
• Run time : 90 minutes
• MPAA rating : R
• MPAA explanation : for violence and language
• Last updated : February 23, 2023

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Nick of Time Reviews

Another bummer from John Badham.

Full Review | Original Score: C- | Sep 1, 2022

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

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Jun 9, 2022

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 31, 2019

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

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 22, 2018

...a solid thriller that neatly and efficiently gets the job done...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 22, 2016

O artifcio narrativo do "tempo real", usado com bem mais eficcia em Matar ou Morrer e Festim Diablico, acaba se revelando insuficiente para gerar a tenso desejada, que, como se no bastasse, destruda de vez no terrvel ato final do filme.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 5, 2008

An exciting albeit illogical tale of mystery and suspense...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 9, 2007

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Mar 24, 2007

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 23, 2005

A fast and furious 90 minutes that doesn't waste a second.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Oct 9, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 1, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 19, 2005

A slick, highly imaginative thriller

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 10, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 8, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 15, 2004

Depp... is very visibly bored with this blatant bid for mainstream action stardom.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 7, 2004

What is Depp doing in this tepid thriller?

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 20, 2003

Depp and Walken. What else matters?

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 11, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10 | Apr 10, 2003

Doesn't work as well as it think it does, but remains compelling, throughout.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 4, 2003

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Nick of Time

Using real time as its gimmick, this OK but undistinguished thriller takes a simple Hitchcockian premise and milks things about as well as it can, given its confines, before a rather silly and abrupt conclusion. While Johnny Depp may be a minor draw, box office prospects appear limited, suggesting a rather timely jump to homevideo.

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Using real time as its gimmick, this OK but undistinguished thriller takes a simple Hitchcockian premise and milks things about as well as it can, given its confines, before a rather silly and abrupt conclusion. While Johnny Depp in a rare conventional leading-man role may be a minor draw, box office prospects appear limited, suggesting a rather timely jump to homevideo.

Getting right into the action, pic features Depp as recently widowed father Gene Watson, arbitrarily drafted to kill the governor of California by a shady man (Christopher Walken) who takes his young daughter as hostage. The challenge: Carry out the act in 90 minutes or his daughter dies.

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Watson endeavors to warn the governor (Marsha Mason) but finds various members of her entourage involved in the scheme, and Walken’s character shadowing him at every turn. As a result, he’s forced to enlist the aid of various hotel personnel, including a grumpy shoeshine man (Charles S. Dutton) reluctantly drawn into service.

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Working from a script by Patrick Sheane Duncan, at times seemingly inspired by “ North by Northwest ,” producer-director John Badham does a reasonably good job in keeping the action moving and clock ticking, with the protagonist overwhelmed by the sudden turn of events and, realistically, not immediately pulling a Rambo.

Still, as the action continues, the story begins to lose credibility, with the conspiracy plot becoming thick enough to look for Oliver Stone’s name in the credits. ? Though drafting a regular guy to carry out the assassination might have seemed like a good idea at the time, the plan also appears needlessly complex given how many insiders are involved.

On one level, it’s welcome that “Nick of Time” proves to be a relatively small-scale film, set almost entirely within Los Angeles’ Bonaventure Hotel. Still, the format also makes the movie feel a bit claustrophobic and humdrum compared with the sweeping bigscreen thrillers of the day.

After a string of impressively quirky roles in “Edward Scissorhands,” “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” and “Benny & Joon,” Depp tries his hand at an every-day Joe with solid results, limited by the fact that we know virtually nothing about him other than that he loves his daughter.

Walken brings trademark venom to his role, while Dutton livens up the proceedings as best he can.

Tech credits are OK — with a nicely shot opening-credit sequence — but the finale proves to be a confusing, poorly edited mish-mash that’s disappointing given the buildup. Until that point, at least one can say that “Time” doesn’t exactly stand still.

• Production: A Paramount release. Produced, directed by John Badham. Executive producer, D.J. Caruso. Screenplay, Patrick Sheane Duncan.
• Crew: Camera (DeLuxe color), Roy H. Wagner; editor, Frank Morriss; music, Arthur B. Rubinstein; production design, Philip Harrison; art direction, Eric Orbom; set decoration, Julia Badham; costume design, Mary E. Vogt; sound (Dolby), Willie Burton; associate producer, Cammie Crier; assistant director, John Hockridge; second-unit director, Caruso; stunt coordinator, Shane Dixon; casting, Carol Lewis. Reviewed at the Bruin Theater, L.A., Nov. 16, 1995. MPAA Rating: R. Running time: 89 min.
• With: Gene Watson - Johnny Depp Mr. Smith - Christopher Walken Huey - Charles S. Dutton Brendan Grant - Peter Strauss Ms. Jones - Roma Maffia Krista Brooks - Gloria Reuben Gov. Eleanor Grant - Marsha Mason Lynn Watson - Courtney Chase Officer Trust - Bill Smitrovich Mystery Man - G.D. Spradlin

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Nick of Time

• An unimpressive, everyday man is forced into a situation where he is told to kill a politician to save his kidnapped daughter.
• Gene Watson is a public accountant who arrives on a train at Union Station in Los Angeles, accompanied by his 6-year-old daughter Lynn. Because of his ordinary looks, he is approached by a pair of sinister people named Smith and Jones. Pretending to be cops, Smith and Jones kidnap Lynn and confront Gene with a simple choice -- kill California governor Eleanor Grant in 90 minutes or less, or Lynn will die. Watson is given a gun, six bullets, and a name tag, and he is told to go to the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and kill Eleanor, who is giving an afternoon speech. While Jones is watching Lynn in a van, Smith watches Watson in order to prevent Watson from alerting the authorities. Watson must quickly find some way to get himself and Lynn out of this seemingly impossible situation. — Todd Baldridge
• Gene Watson arrives home in Los Angeles, after attending his ex-wife's funeral, with his daughter. Soon, his daughter is kidnapped. He is given a gun, and the picture and itinerary of a person, and told that if he hasn't killed that person in one hour and fifteen minutes, his daughter will be killed. We then follow him through that time. — M Eklof <[email protected]>
• Gene Watson is an ordinary public accountant returning home from his ex-wife's funeral and is met by Mr Smith and Ms. Jones who kidnap his daughter and give him a gun, six bullets, a name-tag that will give him access to anywhere in a specific hotel, and the itinerary of Governor Grant and is informed that he must kill the Governor in 1 hour and 15 minutes or his daughter will die. The rest of the movie follows Mr. Watson as he desperately attempts to warn the Governor without the knowledge of the two and finds out that the conspiracy against her reaches all the way to those she trusts most. — Anonymous

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