Out of Time

Through and through a mediocre affair that is only kept afloat by Denzel Washington alone. You just can't help but cheer him on. Almost nothing is utilized of the great thematic potential of a police investigator investigating himself and therefore is always one step ahead of his colleagues. The exception is the scene in the middle of the movie in the police station lasting about fifteen minutes. In this scene, everything works one hundred and ten percent, and the tension could be cut with a knife. Unfortunately, this is the only such powerful scene in the movie, and besides it, there are just a lot of solidly done clichés. (06.11.2005)

An easygoing film with an unmistakable Florida atmosphere. Denzel is a cop again, and this time he’s got his hands full. A very pleasant hour and a half. (11.04.2009)

A decent crime drama, visually attractive, without any added value or anything extra. I mean, it fizzles out after a few days. (24.11.2004)

Out of Time is a simple chill-out movie in the attractive setting of sunny Florida, where even the police chief wears a Hawaiian shirt and the sky is so beautiful that it borders on kitschy. Add in beautiful tanned babes in a story with a crime plot that is full of suspense and somehow contrived, but fortunately also a little predictable. I say fortunately because this movie doesn’t aspire to become the second The Usual Suspects, but a sexy, old-school chill-out movie. Mission accomplished. (01.02.2009)