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6	[[quoteright:325:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/88MinutesPoster_4014.jpg]]
7	''88 Minutes'' is a 2007 thriller film directed by Jon Avnet and starring Creator/AlPacino.
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9	Nine years ago, torturer and murderer Jon Forster (Creator/NealMcDonough) was convicted and sentenced to death after being testified against by forensic professor Jack Gramm (Pacino). In the present day, Forster is due to be executed at midnight. But then, several more murders with an identical modus operandi occur, and then, on the way to his class, Gramm receives a threatening phone call telling him he has 88 minutes to live...
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11	!!This film provides examples of:
12	%%* AssholeVictim: Guy La Forge.
13	%%* BadassBookworm: Gramm.
14	* CatchPhrase:
15	** Jon Forster: "Tick tock, doc."
16	** [[spoiler:Lauren Douglas:]]"Tick tock, tick tock. You have [X] minutes to live."
17	** Pacino gives an IronicEcho version to Forster at the end: "Tick tock, tick tock, you have 12 hours to live."
18	* ColdBloodedTorture: Forster is known to indulge in this, as depicted by the opening.
19	* DepravedBisexual: Possibly, although it's also heavily implied to fall under the PsychoLesbian trope as well or at the same time. [[spoiler:Lauren]] is introduced to the audience as a lesbian, and she hooks up with a woman, but [[spoiler:she's also working with Forster and gruesomely tortured a woman to death. It's heavily implied that she had romantic feelings for Forster, too.]]
20	* DisposableWoman:
21	** Gramm's sister, who was horribly tortured to death by a serial killer, and he blames himself because...he was defending his [=PhD=] at the time.
22	** Gramm's hookup Sara is gruesomely raped and murdered [[spoiler:although the rape part seems to be a fake]] to corner him for allegedly giving false testimony about Forster.
23	* ExtremelyShortTimeSpan: Actually a little more than 88 minutes.
24	* GayBestFriend: Straight man Gramm's secretary Shelly is also his good friend but rules herself out of being with Gramm romantically because she's a lesbian.
25	* GirlFriday: Gramm's secretary Shelly, who is a loyal friend and helps throughout the film when Gramm needs it the most.
26	* IndirectSerialKiller: Though Jon Foster was a SerialKiller (and rapist) of women in person, when he gets imprisoned for murder, he orders his LoonyFan [[spoiler:Lauren]] to re-enact his murders so that he can go free or at least avoid execution.
27	* ILetGwenStacyDie: Gramm is tormented by the murder of his younger sister.
28	* IncompatibleOrientation: Gramm says he and Shelly would be perfect together, but she points out she's gay. He knows, but Gramm clearly likes the idea despite this.
29	* KavorkaMan: Gramm, clearly in his 60's, seems to attract ''every'' straight woman on the set, all of whom are young and attractive.
30	* LargeHam:
31	-->"DID I BLOW MY CAAAAR?! DID I SHOOT BULLETS AT MYSELF?!"
32	* LipstickLesbian: Shelly, who mentions she's gay early on but has entirely feminine looks and manner.
33	* MsFanservice: While naked, Sara does a weird leg stand while also brushing her teeth. Gramm's reaction is appropriately a mix between excitement and an unstated "What the hell?" look. A bit later, Kim Cummings, who plays a major role in the film, is seen with a purple top and blue jeans just before she and Gramm escape from the apartment. Luckily, she's got plenty of time to put on her brown jacket that she wears for most of her on-screen time.
34	* NakedApron: Sara in the beginning is wearing one, and nothing else.
35	* NeverTrustATitle: The movie is actually over 100 minutes long.
36	* RaceAgainstTheClock: The titular 88 minutes Gramm has left before the killer is done playing with him and actually kills him.
37	* ReallyGetsAround: Gramm is indicated to have frequent casual sex with much younger, attractive women.
38	%%* RedHerring: The movie indulges itself in this.
39	%%* SerialKiller: Forster.
40	* SlowMotionFall: [[spoiler:Lauren]] does one after being shot by Parks in the finale.
41	* ShoutOut: The entire final showdown takes its influence from ''Film/DieHard'', even right down to a SlowMotionFall (see above).
42	%%* SmugSnake: Forster, and his proxy.
43	* StockScream: At the beginning of the film, Janie Cates (who fully speaks throughout her on-screen time) makes one.
44	* TimeTitle: The protagonist is informed he only has that long to live, although, the running time is ''70 Minutes''.
45	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Plot threads and shady characters come and go without any full resolution.
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