Dotsthavesp I wanted to but couldn't!

ChanBot i must have seen a different film!!

SanEat A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

kitellis-98121 I didn't know what to expect before watching this film. My hopes were that it would be similar to "14 Hours", the 2005 TV movie about Tropical Storm Allison, starring Rick Schroder, JoBeth Williams, and Kris Kristofferson. That one was a true story, also set entirely in a hospital, and featuring extremely good action sequences of the hospital flooding, as well as attempts to keep a new-born baby alive. I assumed that a bigger-budget movie about a bigger and more devastating storm (Katrina) could only be, well, bigger and more exciting.I was wrong."Hours" has barely any action at all. And the only scenes of the storm are from archive news reports. The film takes place almost entirely in a single hospital room and the corridor outside it. There are a few brief (and unnecessary) flashbacks to earlier moments in the protagonist's life, one brief scene on a roof, and a few scattered scenes in the hospital's generator room. And that's it.This film is NOT about a storm. It is about a father bonding with his baby during a power-outage caused by the storm, as he is forced to hand-crank a generator every couple of minutes to put a bit more juice into the depleted battery of his baby's life-support machine. That's the whole story. He meets a cute dog, and a couple of mindless looting thugs. But essentially, it's a film about a guy turning a handle and talking to a motionless baby.And yet somehow it is brilliant!The dialogue is beautifully written; natural, raw, and filled with emotional honesty. The acting from Paul Walker is sublime, nuanced, and heart-breaking. The direction is well-judged, with a finely tuned mixture of quiet, intimate character study, and precision winding-up of the tension, aided by some subtle and finessed editing, music, and sound design.Ultimately, this film is an exercise in making something substantial and satisfying out of nothing much at all. It succeeds completely in all it sets out to do, and is a thoroughly engrossing cinematic experience. It also feels like a true story - which I assumed it was throughout - but is actually a work of fiction. And that, despite the lack of action, is actually the only disappointing thing about it. I would have liked to look-up the real guy and his daughter online to find out how their lives have been since Katrina.So despite not meeting my initial hopes and expectations, this film was a near-total success, and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it.

adonis98-743-186503 A father struggles to keep his infant daughter alive in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. I saw Hours long before Paul Walker's death and i have to say this movie was really great his performance is really the best part of it and Genesis Rodriguez is also great in the movie although it sure has it's flaws for example the narrative and the introduction of characters for just to turn the film kinda in an action film was kinda wrong but besides that the movie truly works and it's really good if not great and if you were a big fan of Paul Walker you will not be disappointed trust me a 6.5 is pretty low and it truly doesn't deserve it.

dicycle initially the concept of a family enduring a personal crisis in the midst of Hurricane Katrina seemed worth a view. It took but moments to become annoyed with the overly-delightful wife and contrived story of the romance and marriage of Abigail and Nolan. Flashbacks failed to engage the viewer. The story's hospital leadership obviously had failed to plan for any type of disaster, either internal or external. The evacuation reminded me of the desperate people trying to board the last helicopter out of Viet Nam. Every man for himself. What kind of physician discusses the outcome of a crisis birth with the spouse/father in a hallway near a crowded waiting area? This guy slaps the poor fellow on the back, implying a hearty "Buck up!". It seemed obvious that the producers cut the film budget by failing to employ a consultant in health care. Every aspect of the hospital and infant care scenarios shouted " Implausible!!" From the kitchen encounter to housing an unstable newborn in a glorified but outdated incubator in a private room with no nurse in direct attendance: ridiculous. Paul Walker's acting ability in showing us the path to delirium due to sleep deficit and near- panic were worthy of a few stars. But his skill could not buoy a sinking tugboat.

giveagirlsomeprivacy There were obvious holes in the movie - like why is there only one incubator in an entire hospital, and why did the protagonist make such sloppy decisions. He could have at least written a note on several bedsheets to alert the helicopters that there was a baby needing help in the building. He just gave up his rooftop effort.The thing that really bugs me about this movie is the overt racial stereotypes. The protagonist encountered 3 criminals that lacked any sense of humanity - and all of them were non-white. We now know that most of the allegations of crime post-Katrina were hugely exaggerated and resulted in people being turned away from help. There were exaggerations about crime occurring in the Super Dome that people were all too ready to believe, including the mayor himself, because of deep seated beliefs about how poor people of color behave. They were regarded as little more than animals. And that is how this movie depicts practically all of the non-white people the protagonists encounters after the hurricane hits. Even the other "victims" on another roof appeared evil and hostile - shooting a gun to alert a helicopter to rescue them first. By the way, what rescue team would be interested in rescuing people fire guns anyway? This movie was just silly and I'm kind of mad that I broke down and watched it, because something told me it would be like this.