Desperate Hours
Desperate Hours

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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.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Desperate Hours:

Mickey Rourke
Anthony Hopkins
Mimi Rogers
Lindsay Crouse
Kelly Lynch
Elias Koteas

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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.

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Chicago Sun-Times - 5/10 by Roger EbertMichael Cimino's Desperate Hours is an attempt to take a 1950s crime classic and remake it by turning up the heat, but Cimino has set the heat too high, and the result is an overwrought melodrama with dialogue even a True Detective editor would question.
Washington Post - 5/10 by Hal HinsonRourke is, in fact, exceedingly creepy. There's an unpredictable, resonant menace in his eccentricity. But Cimino can't connect the movie's thriller elements to its themes. We end up spending way too much time indoors while this thug waves a gun at these poor innocents.
Boston Globe - 5/10 by Matthew GilbertWith the prospect of more films like it in his future, Rourke’s decision to walk away from Hollywood while his star was still on the ascendant makes a lot more sense.
Empire - 4/10 by Jo BerryDespite the usually dependable cast, this is a slow and ever-so-slightly dull affair. Try Bogart's 1955 original instead.
The Seattle Times - 4/10 by John HartlWhat has been lost is more than Bogart's gritty presence.
Los Angeles Times - 3/10 by Michael WilmingtonIf you ignore the script--a good strategy for most recent major studio movies--there’s a lot of talent here. But Cimino’s Hours, instead of getting desperate, gets desperately pretty.
Entertainment Weekly - 3/10 by Owen GleibermanThe most desperate thing about Desperate Hours is Michael Cimino’s attempt to direct it coherently. In Cimino’s paws, the story of a merciless crook (Mickey Rourke) terrorizing a suburban family descends into lurid gibberish.
Chicago Tribune - 3/10 by Gene SiskelTaken as a whole, the film is dragged down by the same old incoherent plotting and characters, driven by the same old half-baked machismo and mealy-mouthed misogyny that have come to define Cimino the auteur. As a result, and despite the efforts of Rogers and Hopkins, Desperate Hours is more than a title; it's a description of a movie-going experience.
User Review - 1/10 by BroyaxIl est aussi appelé ‘La Maison des otages », tout comme le film d’origine de 1955 (avec Bogart) dont il est le remake (réalisé en 1990)… avec donc ici l’empaffé de service Rourke au prénom ridicule mais aussi une bonne brochette de seconds rôles qui valent bien un point à eux tous (et toutes) ! Toujours mieux évidemment que le gars Mickey qui ne convainc pas du tout ici et se révèle ainsi à l’aune de ce film de merde poussif mis en scène par l’endormi Michael Cimino, auteur de trop nombreux films de merde (sauf si rare et incroyable exception… avec Magnum Force !). Malgré un métrage presque raisonnable (une heure et trois quarts), ce remake se traîne lamentablement mais pas seulement : il s’égare également au niveau de son scénar qui sent pas bon le vieux nanar bricolé alors qu’il suffisait de coller au film d’origine ou de ne pas trop faire de la merde au moins !… penses-tu, c’en est désespérant tellement c’est aberrant et téléphoné ! grosse déception donc.

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