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Title: Desperate Measures (1998)
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Captain Jeremiah Cassidy
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Derrick Wilson
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Dr. Gosha
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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. Written by Sony Pictures (with permission)
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hospital | escape | police | die hard scenario | police officer killed |Taglines:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
30 January 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Medidas Desesperadas See more »Box Office
Budget:
$50,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$5,833,412 (USA) (30 January 1998)Gross:
$13,668,777 (USA) (10 April 1998)Company Credits
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Written by John Fogerty (as John C. Fogerty)
Performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival
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The film is set in San Francisco, but actually filmed in Pittsburgh. They used Grant Street in downtown Pittsburgh because it is a brick road like many of the roads in San Francisco. Also the front of the hospital is really One Mellon Bank Center located on Grant Street, the same building in the helicopter scene of Jean-Claude Van Damme's Sudden Death (1995). See more »Goofs
When Conner is helping a shot officer shot in the arm, the officer's shirt is open showing a stomach wound and his white t-shirt with a big blood stain. In the next shot, the shirt is buttoned and we see his uniform is navy blue. His open shirt is seen in next shot as he is on table being examined. See more »Soundtracks
PROUD MARYWritten by John Fogerty (as John C. Fogerty)
Performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival
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Michael Keaton and Andy Garcia are perfectly matched in this generally absorbing action thriller; you can sense right away that they had great chemistry working together, and they manage to create two characters more three-dimensional than the ones typically found in the genre. The film does have some plot holes (okay, Garcia can't kill Keaton. But why can't he shoot him in the leg or something?), and the last 20 minutes are pretty overblown, but the concept is thought-provoking and the filmmakers deserve credit for avoiding a cliched moralistic conclusion; indeed, the final scene of the film is very amusing. (**1/2)