Desperate Measures (1998)

96 min · Destiny, Psychological Thriller, action film, crime film, thriller film

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Directors

Barbet Schroeder

Cast

Michael Keaton, Andy Garcia, Brian Cox, Marcia Gay Harden, Erik King, Efrain Figueroa, Joseph Cross

The story

San Francisco police officer and widowed father Frank Conner is in a frantic search for a compatible bone marrow donor for his leukemia-stricken son, Matt. In desperation, he breaks into FBI headquarters and finds a perfect match. Unfortunately, it is Peter McCabe, a sociopath who is serving life in prison for several murders.

Catalogue themes and tags

1990s, Gefängnis, Gewalt, Hospital, Hostage-Taking, Knochenmarkspende, Krankheit, Murderer, Organ donation, Pistole, Polizeibeamter, San Francisco, Serienkillerfilm, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, chase, psychophat, vater-sohn, Thriller, Crime Fiction, Action, Action/Adventure

Genres

Destiny, Psychological Thriller, action film, crime film, thriller film

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