Desperate to get to his daughter’s birthday party, mixed martial arts fighter Octavio (Emilio Sakraya) finds himself with just sixty minutes to make it across Berlin. The biggest obstacle is that he’s left an important fight, making him the target of many enemies. With custody of his daughter at stake, it’s a race against time, and the ending of Sixty Minutes isn’t just about whether or not he makes it to the party but about what he learns along the way.
Throughout the film, we watch as Octa tries his hardest to get to his seven-year-old’s birthday, whilst being chased, captured, beaten, and having to physically fight his way out of these situations.
Towards the end, Octa has been through it all and has a realization that he’s not going to make it on time and that he’s not been the best father to Leonie. A speech from his own father makes him realize that he’s really afraid of doing everything wrong — that he’s someone who would rather run away than try and let people down.
With ten minutes left on the clock (it’s now dark by the way — must be wintertime in Germany) he heads to the shelter to get a kitten for his daughter.
It turns out that the fight was rigged and a lot of angry men are out of pocket and want the person responsible: Chino. Octa offers Chino to the bad guys for them to leave him alone.
How does Sixty Minutes end?
Here comes the most dramatic part of the film — a shoot-out/fight scene. Chino, Paul, and Octa are in an abandoned warehouse and the bad guys and police are outside shooting in. The tension is high as Chino shoots Paul in the leg and Octa has a cat in a box. Cosima comes out of nowhere, in full swing, and begins to try and save her friends.
The hour mark is coming to an end, and as it hits zero Octa is being beaten up by Chino, but luckily they all pull through.
Octa gets his unharmed kitten, and with a bloodied nose and possibly fractured leg, he limps his way to get cleaned up and heads to his daughter.
The final shot is of Octa laying on the floor, badly beaten, hugging his daughter, with an agreeable nod from her mother.
Does Octavio make it to the party?
Who could hate a parent who brings them a kitten? Whilst he doesn’t make it “in time” Octavio still gets to his daughter’s house with the pet kitten. He collapses, and the kitten walks away, but his daughter finds Octa lying in the street and hugs him.
I was praying that he didn’t and there was going to be some sort of hard-hitting twist, but there wasn’t. You’re under the impression it will not be a happy ending as when the final minute mark ends, Octa is being badly beaten by Chino and the timer/clock runs out.
However, the final shots are of him lying in the street hugging his daughter, and the mother giving a nod that everything will be okay. So, I’m happy to say, yes, he did make it. The whole hour of torture was worth it.
Who are Octavio’s enemies?
He has multiple. In not fighting he has lost some seriously bad people serious amounts of money.
Halfway through the film, it’s claimed the fight has lost them over 500,000 Euros. However, here he is used as a ploy/distraction as they ultimately want Chino to pay for this as he is the one who rigged the fight.
Once Octa finds out, he leads them to Chino, as all he wants is to get to his daughter. We see one epic fight scene between Chino, Octa, Paul, and Cosima.
We can assume that the baddies outside are happy with the outcome as Octa and his friends can limp off and the bad guys are not seen again.
In the end, the real enemy turns out to be Chino and himself. Octa has the realization that his actions and choices have consequences, and he needs to be better.
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