Desperate Measures

I may not be a doctor, but I know a movie with iron poor blood when I see one. ( Read More )

Lisa Schwarzbaum

The ludicrous ethical underpinnings of this numbingly inane thriller would, you think, be just the ticket for director Barbet Schroeder, but youd think wrong: By the time the action degenerates into an old fashioned car chase, you may wish you were watching General Hospital. ( Read More )

Steve Davis

While the crazed implausibilities in films such as Face/Off induce a fevered delirium thats like some sweet drug, the inane plottings in movies like Desperate Measures induce something akin to a numbing catatonia: Its cinema as anesthesia. ( Read More )

David Sterritt

The rest of the movie is a series of chase sequences, pitting the fatherly hero against a crazed killer wholl stop at nothing to escape. ( Read More )

JoBlo

Schroeder does not bring anything overtly stylish to the film, but does maintain a non stop pace of twists, turns and action scenes. ( Read More )