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Desperate Measures (1998)

Rate: 1
Viewed: 3/08

DespM
3/08: I remember seeing Desperate Measures in 1998 and thinking how stupid it was.

Fast forward ten years later, and guess what? It's stupider than ever. Maybe Stupid Measures is the appropriate title? I'm pretty sure it killed the A-list careers of Andy Garcia and Michael Keaton since they have done nothing notable since then. Although their acting isn't the problem, it's the nonsensical plot that ruined the movie.

I'm bothered by the cop's selfish actions to save his boy. What about the donor patients on the waiting list who are ahead of him? Is it fair to them? Equally important, should saving the cop's son be done at the expense of lives by trying to catch the dangerous felon? Given the fact that Peter McCabe has an IQ of 150, can't he think of an easier way to escape? What Dr. Richard Kimble did wasn't as halfway drastic.

When McCabe was lifting "weights," I noticed he used plastic bags of water. They can't be more than a gallon which is eight something pounds. On the other hand, the cop's son looks healthy for somebody who's supposed to be at death's door. Should I find it hard to believe, after asking a dangerous felon to donate his bone marrow, he'll say, "Oh, sure...no problem"? Anyway, Michael Keaton looks like he needs hair plugs, or are they actually hair plugs?

All in all, Desperate Measures is a boring nonthriller with an unmatched level of stupidity.