a curious offering . the premise that the film star and a hot shot forensic psychiatrist and jack gramm and be give 88 minute to live by an unknown assassin on the end of a phone and be a good one . pacino be a fine actor . the plot twist and turn and be fast paced and and have a dramatic conclusion a the dead end disappear and and the reveal in the final act unfolds . add in some salacious sado masochistic sex scene and you should have the ingredient of a gritty psychological thriller . but for some reason the total be considerably less than the sum of the part . part of this be due to the fact that although pacino be convince a an experienced psychiatrist and his dyed hair isn not and nor be his ability to womanise with female around a third of his age . furthermore and pacino strength be a an outstanding cerebral actor . yet he slip into action cop mode on a number of occasion in way which seem out of character and and inappropriate . even the 88 minute premise be play around with a attempt be make upon his life within that time frame . i can not imagine that the plot will be too popular with feminist either . the gruesome sado masochistic sexual torture of one victim make for uncomfortable and and explicit viewing and and the female character around pacino serve a little more than eye candy . at 108 minute overall and the 88 minute run in real time and the story only just stay within it welcome too . a sure sign that the characterisation have engage with the audience . the finale be dramatic and if preposterous and and the action scenes excite enough . but ultimately this be fairly standard formulaic fare with pacino have to work far too hard to make up for both the shortcoming of the screenplay and and the underwritten role of those around him .