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"80 Minutes" seems at first as if it will be a low-budget version of "Crank," but with an unexpected and fairly effective plot twist at the climax, it morphs into a low-budget version of an entirely different film, which I will not allude to, so as to avoid spoiling the surprise, other than saying it was an excellent film with first-rate talent. While 80M is limited by its budget, it manages to retain the moral and emotional B-story of the other film. 80M isn't a great film, but it offers several satisfying plot twists, humor, witty banter and a lot of heart from its central characters. Production values are barely sufficient to convey the story. The three central characters deliver interesting performances, but many of the supporting characters lack depth. It's not without its faults, but it has its moments.

"80 Minutes" is "DOA" for the post-Tarantino generation. Thomas Jahn proves to be a better director than writer (something which, judging by his IMDb page, he seems to have realized himself; after 2011, he only directs): the film maintains a speedy forward movement, and it has some good car stunts. But the dialogue is often amateurish, and the ending practically cancels out the entire movie! I've seen this type of ending done before, successfully, ("The Game" comes to mind), but here it just makes "80 Minutes" a waste of, well, a few more than 80 minutes. Also, the stupendously sexy Natalia Avelon is wasted in a rather minor part. *1/2 out of 4.

Once you get past the heavy accents and clearly Non-American dialog/culture/license plate continuity problems...the story is grudgingly possible. That is assuming they were trying to make a story that was set in America. But if you're looking for goofy action this is it. However, just when I was starting to get interested in the moral issue of friends vs money at the end...there is a plot twist that really ticked me off. I wish that they'd spent just a little bit more time fleshing this out and it might have actually been a good renter. SPOILER It was all a set up for his birthday party?!?!?! Really? Really.

WARNING!!!! SPOILER ALERT!!! If you are curious/interested in this movie...if there is some overwhelming reason why you want to see it (Xenia Seeberg of LEXX fame has a small part), do not read this review. I never give the surprise ending away. I detest people who do. But after spending 90 minutes watching this waste of time...(if it's called "80 minutes", why is it 90 minutes long?)...I am giving the ending away. SPOILER ALERT!!! The entire story is a birthday gag. The poison, the deaths, the entire tension of the film is a put on. There is no poison. The 15,000 debt has already been paid. No one dies. Everyone is in on the gag. It's all a birthday joke played on the main character. In the end they all hoist a pint in his honor. Arghhhh!!!!!! Don't waste your time. Stay away from this. You've been warned.

It's so hard to sum up how bad this film is. The acting is abysmal, the dialogue incredibly weak, the storyline extremely dated and the final "twist" absolutely the worst moment of any film I've ever seen. The ending is actually so hilariously bad I suggest you watch it just to see how films shouldn't be made. It's a shame the voting only allows me to go as low as 1 out of 10 for this because even that is generous. Thomas Jahn is certainly not a writer/director I would be eager to see more from.

Incredible... how could one manage to get people to work in such a project when everything is so obviously far beyond ultra bad!? i mean I've watched a lot of bad movies, but we only finished watching this one because we couldn't believe that it was that predictable and unsatisfying pathetic. i'm really angry right now that i wasted so much of my time. by the way can somebody tell me how the hell they manage to meet each other over and over again after all the high speed chasing, especially the subjects on foot seem to catch up very easy... must have been stolen from the Red Flash. The dialogs are lame non convincing and boring. even the potheads seem like crappy actors and even i know at least 10 people who would have made a much better job here.the * nurse is a f celebrity from Germany most of the spoken English sounds awfully German. all you want to do is step into the movie , slap the actors and tell them to please continue and move on with the plot, if there were one. and why do Germans make movies in English anyhow ? this comment honors the move far to much because you should not even take the time to think about seeing it.

Is the first thing that came to mind after i watched 80 MINUTES. My nomination in this years winner of worst film at the RAZZIE AWARDS Its not good, not at all, unwatchable at time... I am not going to go into great detail about the film and this does contain spoiler innuendo, but i just have a 1 or 2 questions... First of all: why do is the brother German or Dutch when the protagonist is American? The acting was uncomfortable to watch, and dialogue is basically none existent. Im no critic, but i do watch a lot of films, and i have seen some bad ones... Only 80 MINUTES and one other has made me so say "What the f**k did i just watch?" and the end... What was that? Seriously? The mighty twist? It made M Night Shyamalan seem like KAISER Soza. Was that scene the actual conclusion of your film, or did you not have enough footage and decided to film you "Wrap" party? Wow...

I wasn't anticipating much (although you never know when you'll stumble upon the next "Run Lola Run"), but this failed to meet even greatly lowered expectations. I only got 40 minutes in, to be honest -- and even that far was because I was generously hoping that the poor dialogue, punchy acting, stilted directing and uneven plot pacing would somehow start to turn the corner and redeem itself. It didn't, so I turned it off. The story is simple: Dumb dude owes a mean guy money, so the mean guy injects dumb dude with a poison that will kill him in 80 minutes if he doesn't cough up the $15,000 he owes. Action-y hijinks ensue. Sadly, it wasn't well-conceived or written. The camera work was nice, images sharp, lighting appealing, etc. The rest of it was 40 minutes that no amount of money can give me back.

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