Lssah2006 **SPOILERS AHEAD**I saw that this movie had Paul Walker in it and I figured it wouldn't be too bad. I was wrong and disappointed.The most annoying part for me in the countdown on the battery pack, it took away any believability for me. My shed roller door has a 3 minute timer before it automatically shuts. In three minutes I have barely enough time get out of the car, remove my shopping and check the mailbox before it closes. The hero in this movie manages to run to the top of a hospital building (on more than one occasion) and even run outside to hunt for supplies with less time!! In fact he managed to get to the roof, attempt to flag down a chopper and get back to crank the hand generator all within 2 minutes. I mean, really? The only thing this movie needed to make my eyes roll further was a bomb that he manages to disarm as the timer hits 1 second. If only the movie was 3 minutes long, it would have made it bearable.This movie should be renamed, "Hours of Swiss Cheese" due to the amount of holes in this story of woe. I gave it an extra star only because of the eye candy (Genesis Rodriguez)

Dave McClain It kind of surprised me when I realized that there hadn't been any major movies about Hurricane Katrina and the devastation it brought to New Orleans and much of the Gulf Coast in 2005 – until "Hours" (PG-13, 1:37) hit theaters. Like many smart filmmakers, Eric Heisserer, who wrote this film and also directs (for the first time), tells a very big story through the experiences of a very small group of people. His approach personalizes the real life disaster and makes it easier to appreciate, as in "Titanic", "Pearl Harbor" and "The Impossible", the 2012 film about a tsunami hitting Thailand."Hours" adds to its degree of difficulty by allowing one actor to carry the vast majority of the film (like Robert Redford in 2013's "All is Lost", and especially Tom Hanks in the 2000 film "Cast Away"). This whole situation is all the more poignant because the star of "Hours", Paul Walker, didn't live to see this movie released. Walker plays Nolan Hayes, a New Orleans resident, who takes his wife, Abby (Genesis Rodriguez), to a local hospital when complications arise with her pregnancy. Abby dies and Nolan's baby girl is not yet breathing on her own, needing to be on a respirator for about 48 hours.Then, Hurricane Katrina robs the hospital of its power and the subsequent flooding takes out the back-up generators and forces the hospital to evacuate all its patients, staff, nurses and doctors. Since the baby can't be moved, Nolan remains there alone to keep her alive (using a generator which he must crank by hand every 2-3 minutes), while trying to signal for help and protecting himself and his little girl from various other dangers that the disaster brings their way. Minutes stretch into hours and Nolan grows increasingly desperate for help to arrive before either he or his baby succumbs to their overwhelming circumstances."Hours" is both an excellent thriller and a great drama and is the kind of movie that can even make a tough guy tear up. Walker is remarkable in this film. He does the best acting of his career, striking the perfect balance between his considerable emotional depth and his boyish charm. The tragedy and tension in the movie competed for my emotional attention with the sadness I felt believing that this film could have been a game-changer for Paul Walker's career. Either way, "Hours" deserves an "A".

perryfamily-43599 Overall I think this is a good movie. Some people believe there are plot holes and unanswered questions that ruin the movie but I disagree to an extent. The best thing about the movie is we get to see a different side to Paul Walker. He wasn't a smart mouthed wise cracking guy he was a vulnerable dad hanging on for survival. With every breath I was on pins and needles with him. Makes me sad he didn't get to play more movies like this. I give this movie a 7. He's a great actor not many people can carry a movie alone. He did just that! The story is what keeps it from getting a 10. I think it's far fetched that all the critical patients were moved except for the most extreme case...come on. But as I mentioned still a decent movie. This movie is sentimental so don't watch it expecting massive explosions and actions but it has some moments of action.

hernibbs765 I watched this because I have always believed Paul Walker had been seriously overlooked as an amazing, authentic artist.This is one of those movies you must watch uninterrupted to the very end. Trust me. Stay with this picture. Stay with the father in his solitude and desperation. You will understand better the emotional experience at the very end. You will look back and realize just how much you were effected by this quiet, yet powerful film.This film also gives the viewer an idea of the unimaginable circumstances so many found themselves in when Katrina hit. It must have been truly terrifying. I will watch it again. In fact, I will buy it.