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DVD : Desperate MeasuresIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Michael Keaton, Andy Garcia, Brian Cox, Marcia Gay Harden, Erik King directed by: Barbet Schroeder  Amazon.com's Price: $9.95 Prices subject to change.Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: Sony EAN: 9780767812740 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0767812743 Label: Sony Pictures Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Region Code: 1 Release Date: May 27, 1998 Running Time: 100 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: January 30, 1998 Sales Rank: 37298 MPN: COLD21759D Related Items: Editorial Review: Product Description: Two powerful stars go head-to-head in this intriguing thriller about a cop who must protect a murderer in order to save his dying son. Scorching suspense and keatons high-octane performance make for a killer combination. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 09/20/2005 Starring: Michael Keaton Run time: 100 minutes Rating: R Director: Barbet Schroeder Amazon.com: Call it "Desperate Movie," because this ludicrous thriller deteriorates into unintentional comedy. For reasons that are never explained, a sociopathic killer (Michael Keaton) is the only available bone marrow donor for the cancer-stricken son of a San Francisco cop (Andy Garcia), who must capture the killer alive after a laughable escape in a labyrinthine hospital. The ensuing manhunt relies on plentiful plot holes and ridiculous shortcuts (like Keaton's use of a surgical laser to cut leg irons, or accessing hospital schematics from a prison computer). Self-consciously shot in film noir style, the cat-and-mouse routine leads to a briefly impressive car chase, but the premise (which even the movie's original press notes described as "intriguing, if unlikely") is based on "moral ambiguity" that doesn't translate from script to screen. Instead of forcing Keaton's typically "sick genius" to prove his ingenuity, the film pits him against a squad of cops who couldn't find a beer in a crowded pub. --Jeff Shannon Average Rating:
 Rating:  - OrganHis son need's a organ, and ge want his to give his kidney to him, but he doesn't give it up with out a fight. Rating: - Dramatic but never tragicA good film indeed but it does not compare to any Seven or Silence of the Lambs. It has punch, rhythm, inventiveness, creativity even. It has some good dramatic stuff with a kid who is going to die of leukemia as the main stake. It has the antagonistic situation needed for a good film with the only donor being the serial killer who is going to try anything he can to escape. A criminal donor for the son of a cop. We avoid the easy tear forcing unreal situations like when the child is confronted to ... Read More Rating:  - Stat!Finally, a movie that helps explain why I'm so unusually nice to homicidal maniacs - one man's homicidal maniac might be another man's son's bone marrow donor. Happens all the time! Rating:  - Annoying snore...I'm wondering when it became a federal crime to have a PLOT in a movie anymore. The writers of "Desperate Measures" apparently thought an interesting and coherent storyline would get them a seat in the death house because they avoided anything even remotely connected to reality in this movie. First, there's the eminently annoying Andy Garcia. His usual tics are in full bloom - this guy has more twitches than Clint Eastwood on speed. His son needs a bone marrow transplant, and the only ... Read More Rating: - Exciting, to say the leastMichael Keaton puts in another excellent turn as a bad guy. This time he's a multi-murdering felon in a maximum security prison. Overall, this movie will keep you on the edge of your seat to the very end. I agree that the plot is a bit unbelievable, but why should movies be believable anyway. Aren't movies supposed to transport you to another place where reality is temporarily suspended. Deserves 5 stars for thrills, acting and dark humor. Browse for similar items by category:
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