Synopsis
A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder. "This will only take ten minutes", they say, but it turns out to be one loose end after another, and the ten minutes he is away from his speech become longer and longer.
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Cast
- Gene HackmanHenry Hearst
- Morgan FreemanCaptain Victor Benezet
- Thomas JaneDetective Felix Owens
- Monica BellucciChantal Hearst
- Nydia CaroIsabella
- Miguel Ángel SuárezSuperintendent
- Pablo CunqueiroDetective Castillo
- Isabel AlgazeCamille Rodriguez
- Jacqueline DupreyMaria Rodriguez
- Luis CaballeroPaco Rodriguez
Recommendations
- 70
Los Angeles Times
Offers the pleasures of a chamber drama's bravura performances from a pair of supremely accomplished pros. - 70
Rolling Stone
Hackman and Freeman will pin you to your seat. - 60
Dallas Observer
Ninety percent of this thriller is absolutely terrific; but the 10 percent that fails is so troubling that it threatens to undermine all that is wonderful in the rest. - 60
Salon
An engrossing, gem-hard little popcorn-cruncher. - 50
New York Daily News
There is undeniable pleasure in watching these pros at work, but the murky depths of the soul can make for a dreary two hours. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
Good acting and an effectively claustrophobic mood compensate for a story that doesn't add up to much in the long run. - 40
TV Guide Magazine
Not even the high-caliber talents of Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman can save this stagy, ridiculously over-baked psychological thriller. - 38
New York Post
A profound disappointment, given its cast and source material.
