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Desperate Measures (1998)

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Average Rating: 3.6/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 7

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Although he enjoyed great critical success with crime dramas and slice-of-life pictures, director Barbet Schroeder continued dabbling in the thriller genre with this action-oriented film. Andy Garcia stars as Frank Conner, a widowed San Francisco police officer whose young son Matt (Joseph Cross) is suffering from leukemia. Without a bone marrow transplant, Matt will die, but Frank isn't a donor. In fact, the only potential match is prison inmate Peter McCabe (Michael Keaton), a psychotic but

R, 1 hr. 41 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense

David Klass

May 26, 1998

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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All Critics (51) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (25) | DVD (3)

"Desperate Measures" is a drawn-out, and purely disposable, suspense thriller.

May 19, 2009 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | Comment
ColeSmithey.com

Primarily, the movie works as a showcase for Garcia and Keaton.

July 30, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

A preposterous yet entertaining thriller with Michael Keaton stretching admirably as a Hannibal Lecter-style killer.

October 6, 2005 Comment
Fantastica Daily

A waste of time.

May 30, 2003 Comment
Juicy Cerebellum

A squandered opportunity to explore important issues through popular moviemaking.

September 26, 2002 Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | Comment
Christian Science Monitor

Keaton and Garcia have never been any more desperate than in this silly film.

August 22, 2002 Comment
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland

an astoundingly inept thriller that's easily the worst movie ever directed by Barbet Schroeder and may well prove to be an all-time low for everyone else involved with it.

June 23, 2002 Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette | Comment
Kalamazoo Gazette

É uma pena que este seja um filme de ação. A premissa do filme é tão forte e bem armada que, com certeza, poderia ter gerado uma história muito mais dramática e complexa.

May 31, 2002 Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena | Comment
Cinema em Cena
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Silly action film to switch off to

September 30, 2009
SirPant

Super Reviewer

Peter McCabe (Michael Keaton) is in jail for several murders. He is one of the most dreaded criminals in his prison. However, a cop, Frank Conner (Andy Garcia), finds out that Peter is the only one who can save his son by giving him a bone marrow transplant. Peter agrees to do so after getting several of his

September 10, 2009
stormyweather980

Super Reviewer

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