Hours
2013
***
Director: Eric Heisserer
Cast: Paul Walker, Génesis Rodríguez, Tj Hassan, Nick Gomez, Judd Lormand, Kerry Cahill, Yohance Myles
Just as his wife dies in childbirth, hurricane Katrina cuts power in New Orleans and Nolan is stranded in an evacuated hospital with his incubator-bound daughter. Eric Heisserer, in a smart directorial debut, makes the most of his minimalist scenario without having to resort to cheap thrills. Although the story about one man in one room with a hand-cranked generator inevitably gets a bit repetitive, it helps to illustrate the hero's entrapment in a desperate situation and creates an effectively claustrophobic drama. Paul Walker, best known for the brainless The Fast and the Furious series, shows surprising depth in a role which requires him to create tension mostly alone. The actor died two months before the film premiere.
