IMDb 6.5 2003 HD

Out of Time

Out of Time

2003
Crime Drama Thriller
105 min PG-13 USA
6.35 / 10
6.5 IMDB

Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to…

Personnel // Cast & Crew

Director Carl Franklin / Sandra Cole / Barry K. Thomas / Nina Jack / Melanie Grefé / Jamala Gaither / Bob Brown
Starring
Denzel Washington / Eva Mendes / Sanaa Lathan / John Billingsley / Dean Cain / Alex Carter / Antoni Corone / Robert Baker

How Viewers Describe This Film

Common themes and sentiments

suspenseful intriguing compelling tense twisty dramatic well-acted engaging complex predictable solid enjoyable

Reviews

C
Clara Hayes
May 9, 2026
4.0 / 5
4.0

A tightly plotted and suspenseful affair, 'Out of Time' is a showcase for Denzel Washington's ability to inhabit complex characters. Playing the chief of police in a quiet Florida town, his world is upended by a brutal murder…

B
Benjamin Croft
May 9, 2026
3.5 / 5
3.5

In 'Out of Time', Denzel Washington anchors a suspenseful thriller that plays with notions of trust and deception. He portrays a small-town police chief whose life implodes when he becomes a suspect in a murder case. The film…

I
Isabelle Dubois
May 9, 2026
3.0 / 5
3.0

This is a film that banks heavily on its central premise and the star power of Denzel Washington. As a police chief caught in a web of his own making after a double homicide, Washington is, as expected,…

M
Marcus Bellwether
May 9, 2026
4.0 / 5
4.0

'Out of Time' offers a compelling cat-and-mouse game where the mouse is also the cat. Denzel Washington is superb as a small-town police chief whose personal entanglements collide catastrophically with a grisly murder investigation. The film thrives on…

E
Eleanor Vance
May 9, 2026
3.5 / 5
3.5

Denzel Washington delivers a typically commanding performance in 'Out of Time', a slick thriller set against the humid backdrop of a small Florida town. As Chief Matt Lee Whitlock, he's tasked with solving a murder that threatens to…

FAQs

Denzel Washington's portrayal of Matt Lee Whitlock is central to the film's success. He brings a gravitas and intensity that makes the audience invest in his character's predicament. Washington effectively conveys the internal struggle of a man of integrity caught in an impossible situation, navigating suspicion from his colleagues and the weight of his own secrets.