Nick Damian This movie has a plot...unlike many.It has a reason for the evil corporations to exist and actually BE evil.It has action, suspense and martial arts...with a touch of mystery and drama.While the future was made a little bit too futuristic as it is supposed to be 2008 and this review is almost in 2007, it's not impossible to see too far off.Nice pacing, good casting.This goes on my watchable list of movies.If Arnold or Bruce Willis would have headlines, this would have been a blockbuster instead of a straight to video.I'm glad they didn't headline it, because they would have destroyed the lead character with their presence.Eric Roberts was cast great as the father.Cool movie...

jerpete1 OK, let's start with the most obvious: The concept problem. WHY would legalized suicide mean legalized murder? Obviously any "contract" for voluntary death would become murder if the client was not allowed to change his mind or cancel it. Then there are the multiple opportunities for the chasees to kill the chasers, or vice versa, that they inexplicably pass up. Finally, there's the magic tranference from the truck cab into the elevators which is unseen, unexplained and simply impossible. (Memo to scriptwriters: Just because you choose to ignore a point doesn't mean the viewer will.) On top of that you have bad acting, trite dialog and one-dimensional characters. All told, this film is a steaming pile of dog pooh.

skippyroo2000 When I sat down to watch 'Race Against Time' the other day I was not really sure what I was going to get on screen. Even though I had read all the plot summaries, I was unsure of how it would all look and play out in front of me, but I was pleasantly surprised. Although not a big box-office number like 'The Matrix' it has similar qualities that better suit it for small screen. Featuring a concept that is not too hard to imagine ever happening, the film portrays the loving relationship between father and son and a romantic strand which plays out against the main action-packed storyline. There are great performances from all cast and a good script.

Pro Jury Eric Roberts is a popular movie actor. He brings extra dimension to the characters he plays.In Race Against Time, along with Eric Roberts are many fine actors playing their parts here with all seriousness. The acting is above average and clearly money was spent on the special effects.However, this movie is sunk by amaturish direction. Time after time, there is no continuity cutting between camera shots. Such a basic direction blunder is unforgivable.In one camera view, a gun barrel is seen being pressed against the side of a person's head -- the pressure of the metal making the skin of the temple wrinkle. Cut to another camera view and the gun holder's arm is fully stretched and the gun barrel is 4 to 6 inches away from the person's head. Cut once more and it touches again.One camera view shows Eric Roberts leaning over an 18 inch thick building roof wall with the belt to his pants coming about even to the outer edge. Cut to another camera and his belt is now back even with the inner edge. Back to the first camera and Roberts is again shifted more than a foot. Cut again and ZAP there is another shift back.All through this movie people's actions don't connect correctly as camera views change. This is very distracting.Another major problem with this movie is a thing that should have been gone with the 1970's. Recall how often the leading man in a '70's action movie with all the world out to kill him would bare-fistedly defeat the first batch of bad guys. They are unconscious at his feet with all their loaded and unused guns spilled on the ground. The leading man has time to say a few words of dramatic dialog then walks away leaving behind all of the best weapons. This is exactly what happens in Race Against Time! This is certainly not a John Woo movie. The last major problem is that throughout the first 3/4 of this movie our leading man treats those out to kill him with way too much mercy. Wimpy. Lame.