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San Francisco police officer Frank Connor is in a frantic search for a compatible bone marrow donor for his gravely ill son. There's only one catch the potential donor is convicted multiple murderer Peter McCabe who sees a trip to the hospital as the perfect opportunity to get what he wants most: freedom. With McCabe's escape, the entire hospital becomes a battleground and Connor must pursue and, ironically, protect the deadly fugitive who is his son's only hope for survival.
Tense, claustrophobic negotiations turn a hospital room into a psychological battlefield where a father's desperation meets a killer's leverage. This cat-and-mouse game trades explosive gunplay for a suffocating standoff over a life-saving bone marrow transplant.
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Barbet Schroeder
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Michael Keaton, Andy Garcia, Brian Cox, Marcia Gay Harden, Erik King, Efrain Figueroa, Joseph Cross, Janel Moloney, Richard Riehle, Tracey Walter
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Desperate Measures
You can stream Desperate Measures (1998) on Howdy Amazon Channel with a subscription, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
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6.0/10
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Director
Barbet Schroeder
Cast
Michael Keaton, Andy Garcia, Brian Cox, Marcia Gay Harden, Erik King, Efrain Figueroa, Joseph Cross, Janel Moloney, Richard Riehle, Tracey Walter
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