Joseph Grange (Giancarlo Esposito), an unstable fugitive from the law, bursts into the home of suburban housewife Claire Ballard (Sharon Lawrence), and an intense hostage drama begins. Desperate to save her life, Claire initiates a dialogue with Grange as a trigger-happy SWAT team waits outside poised to storm the house. Claire, herself the product of a troubled past, begins to identify with the tormented Grange and, over five tension-filled hours, victim and captor forge an unlikely bond.
Five Desperate Hours has generally received mixed reviews.
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Five Desperate Hours was released in 1997 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 1 reviews, giving Five Desperate Hours (1997) an average rating of 56%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 100%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed Five Desperate Hours a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 56%, Five Desperate Hours is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1997, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1997 with similar scores include films like The Jackal, The Relic and Armageddon.
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