| Desperate Measures Review |
| by Jon Popick |
| This film would have been a lot better if it was made for TV. It had
that kind of feel to it. The formula is: a small sick child, a single
parent who would go to any extreme to save their stupid kid, and the bad
guy. The only thing that breaks the...more |
| Desperate Measures Review |
| by Berge Garabedian |
| Director Barbet Schroeder takes a wide-turn at the genre section of
movie-making, and trades in his permanent place-card from the human
drama division, and punches up a DIE HARD (8/10)-type thriller for the
intellectually-challenged. more |
| Desperate Measures Review |
| by Luke Buckmaster |
| Theirs something about watching deranged, remarkably intelligent screen
criminals that appeals to me. John Travolta blew me away as a crazed
villain in Broken Arrow, and Dennis Hopper made an eerie, repulsive
presence in Silence of the Lams. Now...more |
| Desperate Measures Review |
| by Frederick Vallaeys |
| "Desperate Measures," a new film by Barbet
Schroeder starring Andy Garcia and Michael Keaton,
is an action-packed production from start to finish.
While the screenplay is based on an unlikely sequence
of events, the events are coherent enough to form...more |
| Desperate Measures Review |
| by Chuck Dowling |
| "Desperate Measures" was something I was excited about seeing back when it
was originally scheduled to be released: Summer '97. For some reason, it was
delayed until Hollywood's traditional dumping ground: January. Now that it's
out, I see no real reason...more |
| Desperate Measures Review |
| by Martijn van Turnhout |
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* = Waardeloos.
** = Matig.
*** = Goed.
**** = Uitstekend.
***** = Meesterwerk.
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| Desperate Measures Review |
| by Jamie Peck |
| TriStar / 1:40 / 1998 / R (language, violence, wasted talent)
Cast: Michael Keaton; Andy Garcia; Brian Cox; Marcia Gay Harden; Joseph
Cross; Erik King; Efrain Figueroa
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Screenplay: David Klass more |
| Desperate Measures Review |
| by Matt Williams |
| To save a loved one, how great a cost would you be willing to pay?
Would you be willing to break the law? If so, which ones, and how many
times? Is that one life worth the lives of others? How about a
potential threat to those lives? These are several...more |
| Desperate Measures Review |
| by Walter Frith |
| Picture a product assembly line going through the motions day in and day
out and you pretty much have the same definition of a movie formula.
You know what I'm talking about. A movie that you've seen over and over
again done with a different idea that...more |
| Desperate Measures Review |
| by James Sanford |
| Perhaps there are a few moviegoers who've been anxiously anticipating
their chance to watch Michael Keaton break his own thumb and operate on his
own wounded leg. Maybe these are the same unfortunate few who've dreamed of
the day they'll see Andy...more |
| Desperate Measures Review |
| by David Sunga |
| Rating: 2.0 stars (out of 4.0)
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Key to rating system:
2.0 stars - Debatable
2.5 stars - Some people may like it
3.0 stars - I liked it
3.5 stars - I am biased in favor of the movie
4.0 stars - I felt the movie's impact...more |
| Desperate Measures Review |
| by Nathaniel R. Atcheson |
| Desperate Measures is a film that takes an interesting idea, adds
two great actors (Andy Garcia and Michael Keaton), a director who knows
what he's doing, and ends up giving the audience a lot of action film
cliches. There is so much potential here...more |
| Desperate Measures Review |
| by James Berardinelli |
| United States, 1998
U.S. Release Date: 1/30/98 (wide)
Running Length: 1:40
MPAA Classification: R (Violence, profanity)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 more |
| Desperate Measures Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten, Ph.D.
TriStar Pictures/Mandalay Entertainment
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Writer: David Klass
Cast: Michael Keaton, Andy Garcia, Marcia Gay Harden,
Brian Cox more |
