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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Profanity Movie Release: 1998 DVD Release: 05/27/1998 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 40 mins Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Members Wishing: 2 Genres: Thriller, Action Thriller, Chase Movie See Also: Desperate Measures [Fullscreen]

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 charming serial killer. At first, McCabe refused to participate despite Conner's pleas, but eventually, the convict relents and agrees to the procedure. It is all a ruse, however, as McCabe has discovered a clever way to escape the confines of the operating room where Matt's oncologist, Dr. Hawkins (Marcia Gay Harden) is scheduled to perform the transplant. Faced with the dual nightmare of his son's deteriorating condition and a mass murderer on the loose in a major metropolitan hospital, the frantic Conner finds himself bending and even breaking the law to bring McCabe down and save Matt's life. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide

Michael Keaton - Peter McCabe
Andy Garcia - Frank Conner
Brian Cox - Jeremiah Cassidy
Marcia Gay Harden - Samantha Hawkins
Erik King - Nate Oliver
Joseph Cross - Matthew Conner

Barbet Schroeder's thriller Desperate Measures comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. A closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. English, Spanish, and French soundtracks have been recorded in Dolby Digital Surround. English, Spanish, and French subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include theatrical trailers. This is a fine release from Columbia/TriStar that boasts excellent sound and picture quality. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide