Review of Desperate Measures (2011) by Jace A — 23 Jul 2007
Peter McCabe: You have to appreciate the irony. After all these years of being locked up, I'm given the opportunity to kill again. A cops kid too, and all I have to do is sit right here.
This movie does a good job at being terrible, but every time it's on, I enjoy watching it. There's just something about it.
A strange combination of Andy Garcia and a particularly good Michael Keaton, who does not get enough work in my opinion, star as cop and criminal.
Garcia has a terminally ill son who needs a bone marrow transplant. Enter Keaton, who plays a killer in jail and happens to be the only one in the area that matches up to Garcia's son.
Upon the time of the operation, Keaton breaks out, basically takes the hospital hostage, and it becomes a cat and mouse game between Garcia and Keaton, except Keaton can't be killed or Garcia's son dies.
The movie has plenty of logic problems, but it is good enough to watch on tv, and Keaton shines.
Peter McCabe: [after agreeing to transplant] These cigarettes are stale. You tell that cop and his dead kid I won't stand for stale cigarettes.
This review of Desperate Measures (2011) was written by Jace A on 23 Jul 2007.
Desperate Measures has generally received mixed reviews.
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