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Prime Time

Prime Time

5,2 /10 (97 Votes)
2021 PL 93 min

Overview

On the last day of 1999, 20-year-old Sebastian locks himself in a TV studio. He has two hostages, a gun, and an important message for the world. The story of the attack explores a rebel’s extreme measures and last resort.

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Release date

30/01/2021

Votes

97

Popularity

0.6

Genres

Status

Released

Language

PL

Runtime

93 min

Website

www.netflix.com

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Manuel São Bento

2021-01-31

⭐ 5

If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog @ https://www.msbreviews.com I can’t recall the last Russian film I saw or even if Prime Time is the very first. Regardless of that, the straightforward premise is interesting from the get-go, and it doesn’t waste any time, putting the viewers inside the action almost instantly. The initially suspenseful, tense atmosphere gradually becomes lighter and less threatening as the characters interpreted by Bartosz Bielenia, Magdalena Popławska, and Andrzej Kłak begin to understand each other. At first, this makes the hijacker an…

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Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots

2021-03-09

⭐ 4

Director Jakub Piatek chooses to take the conventional approach in his hostage thriller “Prime Time,” a formulaic and disappointing effort that presents nothing unique nor exciting. Set on New Year’s Eve 1999, the film tells the story of disturbed young man Sebastian (Bartosz Bielenia), who hijacks a television studio and takes a famous game show host (Magdalena Poplawska) and a security guard hostage. Much like its lead character, the film doesn’t seem have a plan of where it wants to go or how it wants to get there. Bielenia is well-cast as the mentally unbalanced gunman, turning in a per…

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