Prime Time

Director Jakub Piatek chooses to take the conventional approach in his hostage thriller “Prime Time,” a formulaic and disappointing effort that presents nothing unique nor exciting. Set on New Year’s Eve 1999, the film tells the story of disturbed young man Sebastian (Bartosz Bielenia), who hijacks a television studio and takes a famous game show host (Magdalena Poplawska) and a security guard hos...

If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog @ https://www.msbreviews.com I can’t recall the last Russian film I saw or even if Prime Time is the very first. Regardless of that, the straightforward premise is interesting from the get-go, and it doesn’t waste any time, putting the viewers inside the action almost instantly. The initially suspenseful, tense atmosphere grad...