Out of Time

"How do you solve a murder when all the evidence points to you?"

2003 1h 45m EN

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★6.4TMDB · 1,368●63Metacritic★6.5IMDB · 70,650

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Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force and everyone he's trusted in order to find out the truth.

“How do you solve a murder when all the evidence points to you?”

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Cast

Denzel Washington
Matt Lee Whitlock
Eva Mendes
Alex Diaz Whitlock
Sanaa Lathan
Ann Merai Harrison
John Billingsley
Chae
Dean Cain
Chris Harrison
Alex Carter
Cabot
Antoni Corone
Deputy Baste
Robert Baker
Tony Dalton

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Carl Franklin
Writers: David Collard, David J. Negron Sr.
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $50M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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ERA

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Released 23 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Carl Franklin, shot by Theo van de Sande. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Graeme Revell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Carole Kravetz Aykanian shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Denzel Washington and Eva Mendes and Sanaa Lathan carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "How do you solve a murder when all the evidence points to you?".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0313443 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Carl Franklin directs. Theo van de Sande behind the camera. Graeme Revell scores. Carole Kravetz Aykanian cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Mid-budget at $50M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Released 23 years ago.
3Directed by Carl Franklin, shot by Theo van de Sande. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Graeme Revell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Carole Kravetz Aykanian shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Denzel Washington and Eva Mendes and Sanaa Lathan carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "How do you solve a murder when all the evidence points to you?".
8IMDB entry: tt0313443 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 11 themes, including "adultery", "florida", "miami, florida", "double murder".

The technical file

Cinematography: Theo van de Sande
Original score: Graeme Revell
Editing: Carole Kravetz Aykanian
Production design: Paul Peters
Costume design: Sharen Davis
Makeup / hair: Larry M. Cherry
VFX supervisor: Tim Landry
Sound: Tom Ozanich
Stunt coordinator: Bob Brown
Runtime: 105 min · 1h 45m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $50,000,000
Box office: $55,495,563
Return: 111% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Out of Time (2003)
Metacritic: 63/100
IMDB rating: 6.5/10 · 70,650 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

5 wins & 7 nominations total

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John Chard2014-04-20
★ 7/10
Would you have given it to me if I slept with you? Out of Time is directed by Carl Franklin and written by David Collard. It stars Denzel Washington, Eva Mendes, Sanaa Lathan, Dean Cain and John Billingsley. Music is by Graeme Revell and cinematography by Theo Van de Sande. Matthias Whitlock (Washington) is chief of police in little Banyan Key, Florida. Respected for his work and basically honest in the line of duty. Away from work, however, his marriage to Alex (Mendes) has failed, he's having an affair with an abused wife and he likes a little drink on duty. So when his lover Anne Harrison (Lathan) springs on him the shocking news that she has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, it naturally shakes his world. But this news is merely the start of something bigger, for pretty soon Matt will be in the unusual situation of having to stay one step of his own kind or face dire consequences. It's a film proudly wearing a badge of homage to film noir of the 40s. In fact it very much plays out as a contemporary riff on John Farrow's excellent Ray Milland starrer of 1948, The Big Clock. But that's fine, especially when you have some knowing craft in front and behind the camera in the shape of Franklin (Devil in a Blue Dress) and Washington (take your pick here really!). Yet as great as Franklin and Washington's work is, they all owe a debt to Collard's screenplay. Inventive in how it plays out as a plot, with it's many tight situations laid down for Washington's duped law enforcer to try and get out of, the screenplay has a knack for deft humour, often sly, which is something that even some of the hardest of noirs from the golden era are tinted with. The secret is being able to blend the humour with quality moments of suspense, and this picture manages to do that with some interest. Film also benefits greatly from the tight atmosphere created by photographer de Sande. Sweaty Florida in daylight doesn't cry out as being a good starting point for an offshoot of film noir (real Florida locations were thankfully used), but the scenic beauty is never realised during the drama sequences, colours are toned down, even for a stunning red sky, and this perfectly becomes at one with a near frantic Washington as the tricksters of Banyan Key start to close in on him. It's nice too see, also, interracial couples forming the core of the story, while the dominance of sexuality is firmly given a shrewd work over by director and writer. There's good thought gone in to making this, enough to steer it away from charges of just being a faux neo-noir production. Problems? Yes, a few. Inevitability of outcome is hard to shake off whilst viewing it, especially for those well versed in the genre (sub-genre). Clichés and contrivances are stacked up like a pile of cop thriller 101 books, and Franklin goes smug (daft) by dropping in a couple of slow frame sequences that the film clearly didn't need. While the big showdown in the finale lacks a gut punch. But this is a good viewing, sexy at times and always eye catching, it also pleasingly chooses perky dialogue over action to make its dramatic point. The cast around Washington enhance the quality: Lathan in the tricky role shows a number of layered gears, Cain is imposing as a bully boy husband (where did this Cain go?) and Billingsley almost sneaks in and steals the movie as the loyal and stoic comedy side-kick. So pesky flaws aside, this is a good recommendation as a night in movie for those with a kink for contemporary neo-noir. 7/10

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