73 Minutes

73 MINUTES is the amount of time available to an ambulance chasing lawyer to get a case file to a mysterious caller who threatens to kill her daughter and her mother if she does not do so.

This film has a good plot and builds a fair amount of suspense, so that the fact that most of the movie plays inside her car, as she talks to various people over the phone or videophone, does not make it boring. However, there are similar movies which manage to ratchet the tension up even higher (see list below).

I really like how it uses technology which would not have been possible until fairly recently as essential plot elements. I also liked the fact that movie did not end in a cliched manner.

This is good entertainment for slightly over 80 minutes and recommended for anyone who enjoys these types of movies. Other movies with similar plot elements which I found more suspenseful/thrilling:

PHONE BOOTH (2002) RETRIBUTION (2015) (it was remade as RETRIBUTION (2023)) THE GUILTY (2018) (it was remade as THE GUILTY (2021)) SIXTY MINUTES (2024) BURIED (2010).