Desperate times call for. . .
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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Classical in form, grave, contemporary and relentless.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
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Cast
- Michael KeatonPeter McCabe
- Andy GarciaFrank Conner
- Brian CoxCaptain Jeremiah Cassidy
- Marcia Gay HardenDr. Samantha Hawkins
- Erik KingNate Oliver
- Efrain FigueroaVargas
- Joseph CrossMatthew Conner
- Janel MoloneySarah Davis
- Richard RiehleEd Fayne
- Tracey WalterMedical Inmate
Crew
- Barbet SchroederDirector
- David KlassScreenplay
- Luciano TovoliDirector of Photography
- Trevor JonesOriginal Music Composer
- Lee PercyEditor
- Gary FosterProducer
- Susan HoffmanProducer
- Barbet SchroederProducer
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