How do you solve a murder when all the evidence points to
you? Suppose everything you knew – everything you trusted – became
a lie. For Matt Lee Whitlock, that nightmare has become a reality.
Carl Franklin and Denzel Washington (DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS) reteam for this
hilariously refreshing noir thriller. Washington is Matt Lee Whitlock, police
chief of a small Florida town just outside of Miami. In the process of getting a
divorce from the woman he still loves, Alex (the sultry Eva Mendes), Chief
Whitlock has begun to have an affair with Anne (Sanaa Lathan), wife of abusive
ex-football quarterback Chris Harrison (Dean Cain).
When he learns that Anne has
terminal cancer and doesn’t have long to live, Whitlock’s stupidity gets the
better of him. He steals $450,000 cash that is waiting to be sent to the feds in
order to help her out. But when both Anne and Chris’s dead bodies are discovered
the next morning, all of the signs point to Whitlock.
As the clamps begin to
tighten and the excuses begin to lose their already shaky groundings, Whitlock
must use his cunning to track down the money and clear his name once and for
all. Gleefully subverting typical film noir conventions, first-time screenwriter
David Collard’s script is an utter delight.
Featuring outstanding supporting
turns from Lathan and Mendes, OUT OF TIME is a rollicking ride through the
swampy haze of southern Florida.
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