Prime Time!
2020 · 30m · España
Directed by Nacho Cavada, Adrián Hevia, Gerar Revilla
Genres: crime, drama, thriller
1993. Nico Ríos is a frustrated journalist with airs of grandeur. When one night he receives an anonymous call from a woman, Nico will be caught up in a race against the clock to unveil the dark plans of an unscrupulous businessman who threatens all of humanity.
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The premise reads like every '90s thriller checklist item—anonymous tip, ticking clock, shadowy villain—but the directors seem aware enough of that to potentially undercut it; if they actually commit to the bit, there's something here.
A formally competent genre exercise that knows its lineage in Spanish crime television and international thriller craft, though it doesn't quite transcend the template enough to demand a second look.
The real move here is how those three directors coordinate tension across 30 minutes on what's clearly a modest budget—there's a specific economy to the pacing and the anonymous call framing that does more work than it has any right to.