"Who did you knock out?"
"All of them!"
In this German Netflix movie, Emilio Sakraya is MMA fighter Octa, who abandons a fight (to a gambling ring's displeasure) on his daughter's birthday with his ex-wife sole threatening custody action, the real-time gimmick (hence the film's title) kicking in for him to get across Berlin to reach her birthday party with the crime boss's henchmen in hot pursuit. Playing like Chad Stahelski directing a gym-built Eminem in a lower-budget John Wick film, the momentum is maintained quite well, fight scenes are simple but effective, it seems self-aware and not afraid to throw in some wry humour and heart at times, and Sakraya makes for a surprisingly amiable lead amidst some improbable set-ups. It is as knuckle-headedly daft and derivative as it sounds, but 60 Minutes is entertaining enough in its own way.
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