Denzel Washington plays the part of a sheriff in a steamy Florida resort town. He is more or less a good guy cop who has fallen on some of life’s difficulties. As a result, he gets into a major jam where he has to solve a double murder case very quickly (hence “Out of Time”). In so doing, he has to go dangerously beyond normal law enforcement protocol to find out who-done-it… this before he becomes a prime suspect himself! Basically, the murder case that he must quickly solve involves the killing of his married lover and her abusive jealous husband. He originally got involved with the married babe partly out of concern for her, but also as a result of being depressed due to his own divorce (and presumably the unwanted celibacy that followed)… a bad mistake.
