Desperate Measures
Updated June 26, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
| Director: | Barbet Schroeder |
| Writer: | David Klass |
| Director of Photography: | Luciano Tovoli |
| Editor: | Lee Percy |
| Music: | Trevor Jones |
| Production Designer: | Geoffrey Kirkland |
| Producers: | Barbet Schroeder, Susan Hoffman, Gary Foster and Lee Rich |
| Tri-Star Pictures; R; 105 minutes | |
| Release: | 1/98 |
| Cast: | Michael Keaton, Andy Garcia, Brian Cox, Marcia Gay Harden and Joseph Cross |
The premise of this thriller reads like an after-school special: A father (Garcia) fights to get his leukemia-stricken son (Cross) a bone marrow transplant. The catch is that the only matching donor is a convicted killer (Keaton). The convict masterminds a McGyver-esque escape plan that leads to lots of hospital explosions, high-speed chases and shootouts. Garcia flexes plenty of paternal muscle and Keaton is lean and mean, but their face-off proves anti-climactic.
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