The title of this movie proves unusually apt: You will figure out its climactic plot twist within the first 10 minutes. Directed by Brian A. Miller from a script by Kevin Mao and Jeff Jingle, “10 Minutes Gone ,” a crime potboiler whose central virtue is its briskness, stars Michael Chiklis as Frank, a crook managing a heist that of course goes wrong.

Frank is cracked on the back of the head while trying to make his escape, and subsequently tortured by the fact that his memory has, yes, 10 minutes gone. What occurred in that time will solve the mystery of both his brother’s death and the now-missing metal case his gang was to deliver to Rex (Bruce Willis), the boss of another criminal group.