88 Minutes

Synopsis: In Seattle, the successful forensic psychiatrist and college professor Jack Gramm is in evidence since he was responsible for the condemnation of the serial killer Jon Forster, influencing the jury to sentence him to the death row. Jon accuses Jack of manipulation, inducing one witness and sister of one of his victims to testify against him. On the eve of Jon's execution, Jack receives a phone call telling him that he has only eighty-eight minutes of life, while a killer is copycatting Jon, killing women with the same "modus-operandi" and is investigated by Seattle Slayer Task Force. With the support of associate Shelly Barnes, an FBI agent, his friend Frank Parks, and his assistant Kim Cummings, Jack investigates some weird and problematic students, a security guard of the campus and the woman with whom he had one night stand.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director(s): Jon Avnet
Production: Sony Pictures Entertainment
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
17
Rotten Tomatoes:
5%
R
Year:
2007
108 min
$16,930,884
Website
348 Views


Look at me.

Look at the kite.

Jack...

Oh, I've seen that outfit before.

I can't remember when.

- Last night.

- Last night!

These things do return.

God, my head is still pounding

like a drum.

You party hard.

Yeah, well, you don't look

worse than I am.

I didn't drink as much as you.

History of my life, Sara.

Psychiatrist by day,

party animal by night.

I thought you've told me

you were a lawyer.

I'm not, yet.

Excuse me.

- Yeah.

- Hey, Jack. It's Shelly.

- I've been calling all morning. You OK?

- I'm Ok. What's up?

I was worried.

You worry too much, Shelly.

What's going on?

Frank Parks is been calling.

He needs to speak with you immediately.

Pass him through.

I had fun last night,

Miss. Pollard.

Me too.

Thanks for the wine tasting,

Dr. Gramm.

Jack.

Hey, Jack, I've got Frank Parks.

Go ahead.

- Hey, Frank.

- Jack.

We got another one.

Oh, no. The same?

Every detail.

Right down

to the lateral laceration.

It's the Seattle slayer again.

- Where are you now?

- Look, Jack.

There's a tape.

You're gonna wanna see it.

Jack, are you still there?

Yeah.

Meet me at my office, okay?

Sure, Jack.

Where to?

Quickly.

Welcome back, Seattle.

We're continuing our interview

with John Forster...

who was convicted for the death

of Janie Kay, nine years ago...

based on the eyewitness testimony

of her twin sister, Janie Kay.

John Forster was dated to die at

midnight, at Walla Walla Penitentiary.

- Do you mind changing it?

- John Forster.

What's your reaction

to the State...

Thank you.

Idiot!

Congratulations!

For what?

I was referring to the hottie that

you left with the party last night.

She was a quite piece of ass.

- Remember her name?

- Yes, I do.

Sara Pollard.

Is that a cut on your nose?

You didn't have that before I left.

I fell out of the bed.

FBI hit here yet?

- Yeah, 2 minutes in the conference room.

- Okay.

Any calls?

New York Times, Washington times,

Newsweek.

They all wanna know if you have a quote

about Forster's execution.

- What else is new?

- Kim Cummings called twice.

- She was worried about you too.

- Kim knows this procedure.

Apparently not.

She's in your office.

Jack Gramm Associates.

I put those case reports

you wanna me to look at on your desk.

I thought Lauren and Leeza showed

real insight and ability.

The others were pretty much

working the math.

Yeah.

Don't you have Federal Agents

waiting for you?

Yeah.

I' see you in class.

I'll take them trough today's work

if you run late.

Thanks.

- Thank you, Kim.

- Bye.

Janie Keith came by

to give you a present.

Dr. Gramm.

I'm sorry.

I don't know if this is appropriate...

I just wanted to...

I just wanted to mark the day.

Thank you, Janie.

I'm glad that my sister Janie

hasn't been forgotten. Thank you.

For everything.

You went out of your way.

You are busy, so I'm just...

I'm gonna get out of here.

We did good, Janie.

We did good.

All right.

Thanks.

Can I help you?

You are one of my students?

Hi.

- Jack.

- Yeah.

I'd like to introduce you to Jeremy

Goober, with attorney general office.

Jeremy is in charge

of the Seattle slayer task force.

Dr. Gramm, it's so good to meet you.

This is a really big honor for me.

Sorry about the...

Oh, this is such a beautiful

conference room too.

And this special agent

MacTire from the FBI.

Dr. Gramm.

Pleasure. Have a seat.

Hey, big fellow?

Yes.

Jeremy.

Seattle slayer task force.

Well, okay.

I'm sure you have a lot of questions.

I'll do the best I can to answer them,

but first I...

No. First I think we should all

have a cookie.

These are from Janie Kay, whose sister,

Janie was murdered by John Forster.

- Jeremy?

- Sure, thank you.

- Frank?

- No, thanks, Jack.

No?

Mr. MacTire?

You are a good sport, Jeremy.

A little milk maybe,

what do you think?

Shelley, we got milk, don't we?

Bring in three glasses.

Nothing for me, Jack.

All right, make that two.

No, make it three.

Maybe you have a change of heart.

So, let's see...

I can assume...

that last night crime scene...

was very much like

Forster's previous crime scene, right?

- They totally match, yeah.

- What totally matches?

I have in here...

- Halothane on the breath.

- Subdued by Halothane.

- Rape.

- Yeah.

The body was hung up side down.

Yes.

And...

slashed throat.

- And where this takes us?

- Looks like a copy cat.

- It could be. Maybe

- Could be? Maybe?

- Maybe.

- It's a stage scene. Maybe what?

Maybe,

and this might be far-fetched...

but what if the perp

worked with Forster...

and these stage scenes were intended to

throw some doubts on his guilty verdict?

- Go with it.

- Possibly providing him...

with a stay of execution

or even a new trial.

Goal star, Jeremy.

Big goal star.

I mean, that's exactly what I think

is happening here.

No, I'm sticking with copy cat.

Of course there is

another possibility.

- Yeah?

- Forster is innocent.

- Wrongly convicted.

- No!

The task force is aware...

that your expert opinion

was critical in convicting Forster.

But then why he walked

his first trial?

Procedural error.

Why is he never been tried in any

of the other five pending murderers...

that you've attributed to him?

You realize that it is the dude of my

office to ensure that an innocent man...

is not executed tonight.

You do understand that?

Look, Jack. If you have

any reconsideration of testimony...

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Gary Scott Thompson

Gary Scott Thompson (born October 7, 1959) is a screenwriter, television producer, and director. Thompson is most notable for his work on The Fast and the Furious starring Vin Diesel, the sequel 2 Fast 2 Furious, Hollow Man with Kevin Bacon, Split Second, 88 Minutes, starring Al Pacino, and K-911 and K-9: P.I.. As creator, showrunner, writer, and executive producer of NBC's hit series Las Vegas, Thompson also directed 4 episodes and made a brief appearance as a psychotherapy patient. Recently, Thompson wrote, co-developed, and executive produced NBC and TF1's Taxi Brooklyn. more…

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