al pacino be one of those few actor whose career be so decorated and quality that you literally would see the big piece of crap in the world just to see what he would do in it . over the year i have watch boring ( simone ) and long and preachy ( angel in america ) and and just bad ( ocean thirteen and two for the money ) movie primarily because he the godfather and lt. frank slade and serpico and and scarface to me and he always will be . he embody greatness and respectability and even in crap and and so i keep go back . 88 minute be not crap though and it less than crap . it amateur night at the script o rama . pacino play dr. jack gramm and a college professor who also work with the fbi a a forensic psychiatrist . when he receive a phone call tell him he only have 88 minute to live and he must use his power of analysis to save his own life . one possible suspect be jon forster ( neal mcdonough ) and a serial killer who feel jack manipulate the jury into send him to death row . in addition and he also include a woman he have a one night stand with and a disgruntled student he slight into his investigation . the script by garry scott thompson be embarrassingly and abysmally awful . it so startlingly and unconscionably bad that after the first couple scene and i be fascinate with the depth it be willing to sink too . start with the tasteless opening scene . a woman be hang by her leg while a man cut and rap her . it an appalling and uncomfortable thing to watch and above all it not even necessary to show it . move on and the pacino character meet with the d. a investigate the jon forster case in the next scene . it should be intense but the introduction of milk and cooky kill the momentum almost immediately . the movie be a mess with background character and all of which be underdeveloped and make to look like suspect . i understand the concept of add red herring but when everyone from jack student to the campus security guard seem to be hide something and it just get absurd . and why do the killer try to kill jack by blow up his car and shooting at him before the 88 minute be up . and why do jack and a forensic psychologist and seem so skilled in handle a gun and act like a cop . and what exactly be the killer try to do here and frame jack for murder by plant evidence or actually kill him . and why do jack teach assistant ( alicia witt ) feel the need to bring up want a relationship with him right in the middle of them run for their life . and why do we constantly need to be remind of the death of jack sister by constantly flash back to a little girl run on a beach . and of all the name you could have pick and why on earth would you name a character guy laforge . this screenplay be just inconsistent and nothing be credible and even the initial threat be laughable in it execution and if you think you have already reach your ridiculous quota and just wait for the end . it an out of the park homerun as far a retarded go . i be go to review the acting but since this be run long than i expect and i just want to say that pacino sleep through the role and get his paycheck and leelee sobieski be one of the cheesiest and phony people i have ever see act . she should be act in ogre 2 on the sci fi channel and not anywhere near al pacino . 88 minute be a movie of stun badness . i find it hard to even keep track of all the ridiculous thing that happen in it . it still early but i would be surprised if i saw a bad movie this year .