88 Minutes (2007)

In Seattle, the successful forensic psychiatrist and college professor Jack Gramm (Al Pacino) is in evidence since he was responsible for the condemnation of the serial killer Jon Forster (Neal McDonough), influencing the jury to sentence him to the death row. Jon accuses Jack of manipulation, inducing one witness and sister of one of his victims to testify against him. On the eve of Jon's execution, Jack receives a phone call telling him that he has only eighty-eight minutes of life, while a killer is copycatting Jon, killing women with the same "modus-operandi" and is investigated by Seattle Slayer Task Force. With the support of his former wife and associated Shelly Barnes (Amy Brenneman), the FBI agent and his friend Frank Parks (William Forsythe) and his assistant Kim Cummings (Alicia Witt), Jack investigate some weird and problematic students, a security guard of the campus and the woman with whom he had one night stand.

"88 Minutes" has a confused beginning without a previous development of the situation and characters and an absurd conclusion, but entertains. I liked the final speech of Al Pacino character, when he exposes his students that the death penalty if a right of the victims, a sort of recompense, and that time does not heal the wounds caused by a violent crime. I liked also his unanswered question to Kim, performed by the stunningly beautiful Alicia Witt: "- Justice and truth – where do they intercept?" My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "88 Minutos" ("88 Minutes")