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Desperate Measures

R
Movie
1998
1h 40m
English
Action, Drama, Thriller
San Francisco police officer Frank Connor is in a frantic search for a compatible bone marrow donor for his gravely ill son. There's only one catch the potential donor is convicted multiple murderer Peter McCabe who sees a trip to the hospital as the perfect opportunity to get what he wants most: freedom. With McCabe's escape, the entire hospital becomes a battleground and Connor must pursue and, ironically, protect the deadly fugitive who is his son's only hope for survival.
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5.9
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Desperate Measures (1998) on IMDb
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24

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Michael Keaton
Peter McCabe
Andy Garca
Frank Conner
Brian Cox
Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
Marcia Gay Harden
Dr. Samantha Hawkins
Erik King
Nate Oliver
Joseph Cross
Matthew Conner
Janel Moloney
Sarah Davis
Tracey Walter
Medical Inmate
Keith Diamond
Derrick Wilson
Peter Weireter
SWAT Team Commander
Steve Park
Dr. Gosha
Dennis Cockrum
Pelican Bay Head Guard
John C Meier
Rains, Cop shot in ER
Norman Howell
Kellen, Burnt Cop
John Rottger
Trimble, Burnt Cop
Donna Keegan
Donna, Burning Nurse
Scott Colomby
Patrol Cop
Steven Schub
SWAT in Airduct
Neal Matarazzo
Cell Guard
Jeff Mosley
San Francisco Police
Directed By: Barbet Schroeder
Written By: David Klass (Screenplay)

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MerlinWiz1 says...
11 months ago
This movie was wild! movies just aren't made like this anymore! Michael Keaton has such a big forehead like damn lol but yeah even in 2023 if you remade this movie in in current times I could see there being way more fluff and dull moments or really bad scenes. but for being done in 1998 that was done very good over all. If was in Michael Keaton's role I would go for more destruction and start wiping out police and get rid of the government release all the prisoners really make things turned up to 11 that would be some real Desperate Measures. I did like how they did the opening credits text motion graphics, with them being animated at a 2.5D Angle sorta and moving out of the frame a whole bunch I have seen a lot of opening movie credits and that really changes things up from all other movies that just do a basic 2D slap it on screen and fade it out boring style everyone does.
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Narate says...
4 years ago
>"You have to appreciate the irony. After all these years of being locked up, I'm given the opportunity to kill again. A cop's kid, too, and all I have to do is sit right here." It is pretty simple: Michael Keaton is in the movie? I will watch it. This movie is a little cheesy, but Keaton's performance is pretty good. It might be his scariest role and he delivers with an intense yet likable performance. If only we could've seen what he was like before he was in jail.
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CinemanicBonkers says...
5 years ago
Now that was good action film, specially a great one from Michael Keaton, definitely underrated.. they just don’t make them like this anymore..
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