Is Desperate Measures right for your family?
Movie 1998 100 min
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.
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A father searches for a bone marrow donor for his ill son, putting him in conflict with a dangerous murderer, indicating family and heavy emotional themes.
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