Gene Watson (Johnny Depp) is returning to Los Angeles with his small daughter (Courtney Chase) when they are forced into a van by a man (Christopher Walken) and woman (Roma Maffia) claiming to be FBI agents. Once in the van, Gene is told that he has 90 minutes to go to a nearby hotel and kill the Governor (Marsha Mason) at her re-election fundraiser or his daughter will be killed.
It's supposed to be "everyman rises to hero under pressure" but in the dumbest way possible. Nothing about this makes any sense and every character makes the worst possible choice at any given moment. There's no suspense because you already know Gene doesn't have the balls to shoot an innocent woman. He barely confronted some asshole hassling his toddler at the train station and that dude was on Rollerblades. The fact that they dragged this movie out for 90 minutes is the real crime here. I fast-forwarded through about two-thirds of it and still felt like I spent a lifetime watching it. It's on Paramount+ so you can avoid it more efficiently.
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