It opens with a young man, Dexter Cornell (Dennis Quaid) who had just been poisoned coming into a police station for the purpose of telling his story. And it is during then is when the story starts of him who is an English professor instructing a class. We find out that he used to be a successful novelist and that as a result of that downfall of not writing again may have led to the breakup up of his marriage. At the same token he also had a student named Nick (Robert Knepper )who consists of the same aspirations as him. And anyways, Nick wanted him to read his unpublished book for the purpose of getting his appraisal. And one day while Dexter was in his office, Nick's body bounced off on the side of his window. And by the time he stuck his head out the window and saw that it was one of his students, his death lead to more revelations regarding his life which may have or may not have led to his poisoning.
I liked this film when I first saw it and I still liked it upon watching it again despite some unanswered questions, the good guy at the end still succeeded. Although the idea of the protagonist being poisoned and has 24 hours to live has been reused, the story in itself is totally different. Just because the idea originally came from the 1947 version of DOA had been made before, it should not have to be ended with it.
I liked this film when I first saw it and I still liked it upon watching it again despite some unanswered questions, the good guy at the end still succeeded. Although the idea of the protagonist being poisoned and has 24 hours to live has been reused, the story in itself is totally different. Just because the idea originally came from the 1947 version of DOA had been made before, it should not have to be ended with it.