betty dalton Out of Time is an intelligent and very entertaining con movie. Denzel Washington plays a chief of police who gets framed for a murder he didnt commit. All the clues lead to him. Will he get busted for a crime he didnt commit or will he find the culprit who is framing him?Great acting. Great jokes. Great body and great acting by the gorgeous Eva Mendes. Just a thrilling entertaining con flick. Seen it many times now and at first viewing the story is rather confusing. But that doesnt matter much, because the suspense is the best ingredient of this con movie which is very entertaining and suspenseful.

sankhan99 I believe in short reviews.Its a treat. If you survive first 35 minutes then you are on joy ride in front row of roller coaster. Its written very well. Director has done great job but after first 35 minutes. But in first 35 minutes, I think they have wasted much time in trying to build story and if you are watching this movie like me on DVD, you will be cursing yourself and thinking about ejecting DVD at any minute. Thats one weak point of-course in my point of view.Denzel is great actor and he acted very well. Eva was good but Sanaa Lathan was OK. Last but not the least "John Billingsley", he justified his role.Last words, very gripping, heart throbbing and intense thriller and you will not feel like "Out of time" while watching this movie.

Spikeopath 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

Neil Welch Denzel Washington is a small town Florida police chief. His marriage (to homicide detective Eva Mendes) is washed up and he is having an affair with dental nurse Sanaa Lathan who is married to unpleasant Dean Cain. Factor in a big chunk of drug money evidence being held in the police station safe, the dental nurse girlfriend being diagnosed suddenly with terminal cancer, and some stuff about assigning an insurance policy with a view to raising some ready cash for hospital treatment in Europe, and it should come as no surprise to habitual suspense thriller fans to find a house explosion turning terminal girlfriend and obnoxious hubbie to crispy corpses, and Washington in the frame for murder.The fun wrinkle about this movie is the way Washington manages to stay half a step ahead of his estranged wife as the net gradually closes in on him.To be objective, this movie isn't as good as the performances in it. The plot carries no major surprises and is fairly routine suspense thriller stuff. The suspense is well maintained, but the story isn't especially credible. However, the cast does well with it, particularly Washington, playing a man who is somewhat conflicted and, to some extent, not entirely undeserving of the predicament he finds himself in. As always, he brings an element of class to the most mundane material.Having said that, it is entertaining enough (but no more).