Desperate Measures

Desperate Measures

Desperate times call for. . .

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Release Date

1/30/1998

Runtime

100 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$50,000,000

Revenue

$13,800,000

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A high-stakes cat-and-mouse chase through a hospital where a desperate father must hunt down the only man who can save his dying son. It's a thriller that wrings maximum tension from an impossible moral dilemma.

Mood

TenseParanoid

Themes

FamilySurvivalObsession

Look

NaturalisticHandheld

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Graphic violence

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