96 Minutes

96 Minutes is a 2012 American dramatic thriller written and directed by Aime Lagos. The film stars Brittany Snow, Evan Ross, J. Michael Trautmann, David Oyelowo and Christian Serratos. The film premiered at the SXSW Film Festival in March 2011. It was released in theaters on April 27, 2012.

At first we see the four main characters Karley, Lena, Kevin and Dre begin their day. Lena wakes up next to her boyfriend and they have a brief conversation about where he is going and what he will be doing for the day. There appears to be a trust issue between Lena and her boyfriend. After a few minutes he leaves and she is left alone in the room. The boyfriend happens to leave his phone in the room, Lena comes across the cell and sees a text from another woman, then throws the cell phone against the wall in anger. Dre is shown in the classroom and receives a test back from his teacher. He receives a grade that allows him to graduate. Kevin is a 16yearold delinquent who is deeply disturbed by the domestic violence episodes that take place in his home. This seems to have made him aggressive over time. Kevin seeks to join the gang in his neighborhood and requests that J J, the groups leader let him in. He is denied by the gang until he is told that if he steals his daddys car he will be allowed to join the group. He is angry, stating he is not my father. Karley is on the phone with her father and asks her father to come to her graduation and by her reaction it seems that he has a meeting in Tokyo that he will Not be coming to her graduation. She tells him that she will only graduate once and that it would be important for her if he attended. There is a brief mention of Karley attending law school in the future while she accepts her fathers absence and gets a little teary. Lena comes to the school and sees her boyfriend hanging out with another girl and quickly leaves and goes to her car. She is so distraught that she shifts her car in to drive instead of reverse which leads to her hitting a tree right in front of her. Her friend comes out and comforts her, they make plans to have a girls night out. The time shifts to the present where Kevin and Dre are driving in a stolen car with Lena and Karley held against their will in the back of the car. Karley pleads with her

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