15 Minutes is of a piece with such recent bottom-feeders as Get Carter , Gone in 60 Seconds and Reindeer Games . Unfortunately, he survives here for only about half the movie, and there s not much to sustain interest for the duration. Oleg fancies himself a film director, calling himself Frank Capra and filming every bloody dispatch as if he were some kind of snuff movie auteur . These two cretins don t seem the slightest bit real. Of course, popping the question is as hard for Flemming as deconstructing a crime scene is natural.
Little time is expended on the matter in any event.
There s nothing wrong with aiming low and hitting the target. The only players who provide much-needed spark here are DeNiro and Theron, and their roles aren t dominant. Burns gets more screen time than DeNiro, but he s merely earnestly stolid, despite his matinee-idol looks. Written and directed by John Herzfeld. Running time 2 hours.