MOVIE · 1998
Desperate Measures
ActionAdventureCrimeDramaThriller100 min
San Francisco cop Frank Connor is racing to save his gravely ill son when he learns the only compatible bone marrow donor is a jailed killer. Andy Garcia's Frank arranges a hospital transfer for Peter McCabe, and Michael Keaton gives McCabe a cold, needling intelligence that turns a medical emergency into a manhunt. When McCabe uses the trip as his chance to escape, the chase spills through hospital corridors, city streets, and a widening standoff where Connor has to protect the one man he most wants to bring down.
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