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Desperate Measures (Widescreen/Full Screen) | 
| Director: Barbet Schroeder
Actors: Michael Keaton, Andy Garcia, Brian Cox, Marcia Gay Harden, Erik King
Studio: Columbia TriStar
Category: DVD
List Price: CDN$ 12.99
Buy New: CDN$ 4.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 14514
Format: Full Screen, Ntsc, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 2
Picture Format: Array
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: D21759D
ISBN: 0767812743
UPC: 043396217591
EAN: 9780767812740
ASIN: 0767812743
Theatrical Release Date: January 30, 1998
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Availability: Usually ships within 1 - 2 business days
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Condition: Brand new Factory Sealed DVDs ***100% GUARANTEED!!!*** Region 1 DVD (requires a North American or multi-region DVD player and NTSC compatible TV). Shipped from the U.S.A. Average delivery time 5-15 business days.
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From 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
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 well,it won't win any awards for realism or originality, December 11, 2007
in fact,it's downright ludicrous at times.and the acting isn't very
good.the dialogue leaves a lot to be desired,too.though i'll admit,the
movie is somewhat suspenseful at times.but when you have one stupid
predictable plot twist after another every few minutes,it just becomes
tiresome.there really isn't much point to this movie.it's also too long
by at least 30 minutes,so that doesn't help.Michael Keaton plays a good
villain,but i think the filmmakers were trying to make him into
something akin to Hannibal Lector,from Silence of the Lambs.well,they
feel short by a country mile.it's a shame the movie wasn't better,since
there were some good actors involved.oh,well.for me,Desperate Measures
is a 2/5
Just sad June 21, 2004
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Plot, writing, and dialog are rediculous. Both actors could do a much better job, but given the sillyness of the whole thing, did passibly well. Really silly b-movie horror ending. Yuck.
 One of the best physcotic thrillers you'll come across April 6, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie has its point and the cast are amazing, especially Acadamy Award winning actress Marcia Gay Harden. Action, Suspense, Thriller and drama provided, this movie is all what it is, Andy Garcia and Michael Keaton provide their best preformance and the race to save Andy's child begins...Best to watch it in Widescreen.
Good Movie January 28, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a good movie.Not classic but not stupid a good suspence/action flick.Andy Garcia is a good actor
Too Fast & Slick For It's Own Good! January 6, 2003
Boy this movie is fast. It certainly uses all it's cards at once and doesn't save enough moderately and sparsely. It really reminded me of Speed in some stark way.Michael Keaton acts great, trying to be a Hannibal. He pulls it of well. Andy Garcia does an OK job but his acting wasn't spectacular.
For some inane reason I wanted Keaton's evil character to win through in the end. Wasn't he abused or something as a child. Again that's reverse psychology - the viewer going for the bad guy ala Hannibal. The Australian DVD version has about 30 extra minutes of interviews and behind the scenes footage. That is something you Americans it looks like, don't appear to have. But we missed out - we didn't have any closed captions or subtitles. That would've been handy considering some of the dialogue was incomprehensible. Overall I think this movie was too fast for it's own good. It should have slowed down a bit so the viewer isn't overloaded with too much pace. The aftertaste of the movie was one where you won't want to watch it again. But during it did have massive classic potential. But giving the viewer too much can lessen the goodness and impact of the movie... Rating: 2 and a half stars out of 5!
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