Desperate Hours

19901990
RR
1h 45m

5.4/10

An escaped con, on the run from the law, moves into a married couple's house and takes over their lives.An escaped con, on the run from the law, moves into a married couple's house and takes over their lives.An escaped con, on the run from the law, moves into a married couple's house and takes over their lives.

5.4/10

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Director
- Michael Cimino
Writers
- Joseph Hayes(novel)
- Lawrence Konner(screenplay)
- Mark Rosenthal(screenplay)
Stars

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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Desperate Hours

Anthony Hopkins and Mimi Rogers in Desperate Hours (1990)

Elias Koteas and Kelly Lynch in Desperate Hours (1990)

Lindsay Crouse in Desperate Hours (1990)

Anthony Hopkins in Desperate Hours (1990)

Psychotic criminal, Michael Bosworth's about to go on trial. But prior to doing so, he cons his lawyer into helping him escape. As the pair try to make their getaway, she's left behind. He decides to wait for her to come to him. He hides out at the house of the Cornells. Now it appears the Cornells have problems of their own. The husband and wife are separated, and there's an FBI agent after them who's using the lawyer to lead them to Bosworth. —<rcs0411@yahoo.com>

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Taglines
- At the height of fear every moment is a desperate hour
Genres
Certificate
- R
Parents guide

Trivia
This remake of the classic The Desperate Hours (1955) was released thirty-five years later. This movie was the third English language version of the story, being released twenty-three years after the television movie version.

Goofs
Just before Michael is shot, he is heard screaming "Nancy!" but his lips don't move..

Quotes
Tim Cornell: You never trusted me before. You have to trust me now.
Michael Bosworth: I blow her head off, Timmy.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Avalon/Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones/Henry & June/Desperate Hours (1990)

Soundtracks
FIGHT FOR ME
Performed by Cindy Bullens
Written by Cindy Bullens and David Mansfield
Courtesy of MCA Records

Top review

5/10

relentlessly over the top

Lawyer Nancy Breyers (Kelly Lynch) is defending robber and murderer Michael Bosworth (Mickey Rourke) for killing a guard in prison. She helps him escape but she falls behind. Albert (David Morse) and his brother Wally Bosworth (Elias Koteas) drive the getaway. Brenda Chandler (Lindsay Crouse) releases Nancy to track down Bosworth. Tim (Anthony Hopkins) and Nora Cornell (Mimi Rogers) are splitting up their family with their children (Shawnee Smith, Danny Gerard). He's broken up with his girlfriend and looking to reunite but she insists on selling the house. Michael and his men take over the house and keep the Cornells hostage. He makes contact with Nancy as he waits for her to join them.

Director Michael Cimino remakes the 1955 film. He's trying way too hard to be stylish. Some of the acting is too over-the-top. If he could dial some of it back, the movie could be an intense crime thriller. Micky Rourke can be an intense bad guy without any help but Cimino insists on pushing it. Everybody is overacting. The worst is probably Lindsay Crouse. Cimino is using every camera move and dramatic music. It's a little ridiculous to release Nancy but the call to her apartment is a little more ridiculous. The cops could easily be listening on the other end. It's not as if the message is in code. The movie could have been great but Cimino's relentlessness squanders the work of some great actors.

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