''80 Minutes'' is a 2008 German direct-to-video English-language

action thriller film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

written and directed by

Thomas Jahn Thomas Jahn (born 9 July 1965) is a German film and television director. Filmography Feature films * ''Knockin' on Heaven's Door'' (1997) * ''Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller'' (1998) * ''Auf Herz und Nieren'' (2001) * ''The Lost Samaritan'' (2 ...

and starring

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Natalia Avelon Natalia Avelon ( Siwek; born 29 March 1980) is a German actress and singer of Polish descent. Biography Avelon was born Natalia Siwek on 29 March 1980 in Wrocław, Poland. When she was eight years old, she moved to Germany with her parents. ...

Joshua Dallas Joshua Paul Dallas (born December 18, 1978) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Prince Charming/ David Nolan in the ABC television series '' Once Upon a Time'' and as Ben Stone in the NBC/Netflix sci-fi drama series '' Manife ...

, Oliver Kieran-Jones and

Francis Fulton-Smith Francis Fulton-Smith (born 25 April 1966) is a British-German television actor. Life Fulton-Smith was born in Munich, Germany, the son of a German mother and an English father. After graduating school he trained as an actor at the Otto-Falckenbe ...

. The film was released direct-to-video on September 2, 2008 in the

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Premise

Alex North has been injected with a poison inside his body and has only 80 minutes to find $15,000 for his boss Lloyd if he wants to live. Now he must go through the whole night, searching for ways to make up that amount.

Cast

as Alex North *

Josh Dallas Joshua Paul Dallas (born December 18, 1978) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Prince Charming/David Nolan in the ABC television series ''Once Upon a Time'' and as Ben Stone in the NBC/Netflix sci-fi drama series ''Manifest'' ...

as Floyd *Oliver Kieran-Jones as Lloyd *

as Mona *

as Walter *Jack Murray as Black *Max Urlacher as Dr. Vincent North *

Xenia Seeberg Xenia Seeberg (born Anke Wesenberg; 4 April 1967) is a German film and television actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Xev Bellringer in the science fiction television series ''Lexx''. She also debuted as a singer in 1996 on the E ...

as Britt *Terry Cook as Mike *Niki Greb as Carmen *Alex Wedekind as Police Officer #1 *

Johannes Brandrup Johannes Brandrup (born 7 January 1967) is a German actor. Career Born in Frankfurt am Main, Brandrup was the first detective in the TV series Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei. After the first season Brandrup moved on to other project ...

as Police Officer #2 *Pierre Shrady as Jaguar Driver

Reception

Christopher Armstead called the film "trite".

References

External links

* * 2008 films 2008 action thriller films Direct-to-video action films English-language German films Direct-to-video thriller films Films directed by Thomas Jahn German action thriller films 2000s English-language films 2000s German films {{2000s-Germany-film-stub