Rating: R
Genre:
Thriller
Theatrical Release: 10/05/1990(USA)
Release Date: 04/16/2002
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: 5.1/2
Run Time: 105 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: MGM
The Desperate Hours directed by
Michael Cimino, is an attempt to remake the
Humphrey Bogart classic of the same name with indifferent results. Bosworth (
Mickey Rourke), a brutal criminal on the run with his partners, takes over a house occupied by an unhappily married couple Nora (
Mimi Rogers) and Tim (
Anthony Hopkins) and their young son and daughter. Bosworth has escaped from jail with the help of his defense attorney Nancy Breyers (
Kelly Lynch). The film focuses on the interactions of the family and Bosworth as he plans his escape to Mexico. Cimino wastes little time in developing the characters or explaining the implausible premise that Bosworth would chose an occupied house and hold an innocent family captive when the logical choice would be to lay low and wait for his chance to escape. Both Hopkins and Rourke, usually excellent actors, give wildly over-the-top performances, aided by the lurid, over-written dialogue of the screenplay and the badly paced, ill-conceived direction by Cimino, which instead of creating tension and suspense, simply confuses the already muddled and incomprehensible plot.
The Desperate Hours is a pale example of the original with little to recommend it.
~ Linda Rasmussen, All Movie Guide
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