Actually, all what small-time crook Lew Hatton (Gert G�nther Hoffmann) wanted to steal was an empty nitro-glycerine-truck, but accidently he steals one loaded with explosives. So he hides the nitro glycerine away on a construction site and uses the empty truck to rob a jeweller with his partner Maureen (Dominique Wilms) ... thing is, nitroglycerine is highly explosive, and FBI-agent Jerry Cotton (George Nader), his partner Phil Dekker (Heinz Weiss) and their boss Mr High (Richard M�nch) know it's a mere two days before it goes off all on its own, taking large parts of Manhattan with it ...

Soon enough, Cotton and co have caught up with Lew Hatton too, but that's where the problems start because his lovely partner Maureen has meanwhile defected to gangster boss Larry Link (Horst Frank) and told him where the nitro is ... and Link is someone who thinks big, so before long he blackmails the FBI into paying him 5 million Dollars otherwise Manhattan's a goner. Soonenough, Jerry is on Link's trail too, which leads to all sorts of chases, fistfights, shootouts and a rather impressive fight on and under the Manhattan bridge. Ultimately though, the FBI is forced to pay up, but Jerry is clever enough to place a radio transmitter in the bag containing the money, to be able to catch up with link and company ... about which Link is furious when he finds it out, and now he wants to blow up the city or at least Central Station nevertheless - which Jerry can prevent only in the very last second (almost literally) ...

When you film a movie that's supposed to take place in America in Germany with predominately German actors, there are always several shortcomings you have to contend with, like having to rely on backprojections way too much to convince the audience the action is actually taking place in Manhattan, an overuse of stock-footage that might at times get tiring, and most of the actors - even in small parts - being way too familiar from other German movies (like the Edgar Wallace series of films where the same actors pretend to be British) to convince as Yankees.

That all said though, Um Null Uhr schnappt die Falle zu is a pretty decent crime-flick, fast-paced and full of action. Of course, the plot is pure pulp, some of the dialogue is nothing short of ridiculous, and especially from today's point of view, George Nader's macho attitude seems a bit dated - but these are only minor letdowns in a totally entertaining and enjoyable film. Sure, it's no big arthouse flick ... but it never claimed to be either.

review � by Mike Haberfelner

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