Film Review – 97 Minutes

“97 Minutes” is a terrorism thriller from director Timo Vuorensola, who found early success with his work on 2012’s goofy “Iron Sky” (a.k.a. the movie about moon Nazis), but stumbled when trying to keep a good thing going with “Iron Sky: The Coming Race,” also spending time on the little-seen “Jeepers Creepers: Reborn.” Vuorensola goes the VOD production route with his latest endeavor, and he spends most of the run time trying to figure out the screenplay by Pavan Grover, which is a collection of half-realized subplots and monologues. Perhaps it’s meant to echo real-world air hijacking panic, but “97 Minutes” doesn’t replicate real horror, and it’s pretty lousy when it comes to Hollywood-style thrills, visibly struggling with its limited budget and sense of danger. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com