- HD 1080
- Runtime: 100m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Barbet Schroeder
- Stars: Michael Keaton, Andy García, Brian Cox, Marcia Gay Harden, Erik King
- keywords: chase, donation, paranoia, terminal illness, leukemia, prison escape, hospital, psychological thriller, criminal, convict, confrontation, captive, freeway, propane
- Production_studio: TriStar Pictures, Mandalay Entertainment, Mandalay Pictures
- Slogan: Desperate times call for. . .
- providers: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- The Desperate Measures is featured in the top rankings of 1998
- #45 in Top Action Movies of 1998
- #53 in Top Crime Movies of 1998
- #52 in Top Thriller Movies of 1998
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.
