Desperate Hours

Desperate Hours (1990)

  • 44% of critics liked it
    (9 reviews)

  • 25% of users liked it
    (3,118 ratings)

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… More

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R, 1 hr. 45 min.
Directed By
Michael Cimino
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Drama
In Theaters
Oct 5, 1990 Wide
On DVD
Apr 16, 2002
Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Critic Reviews

  • Chuck O'Leary, Fantastica Daily

    A crackerjack hostage drama that's well directed by Michael Cimino, gorgeously shot by cinematographer Doug Milsome, and acted with fierce intensity by Rourke and Hopkins.

  • Michael E. Grost, Classic Film and Television

    hopkins cringing at rourke is absurd!

  • Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan

    Pales to original w/Bogie, but still tense

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • ♥Robyn


    Desperate Hours plays like a deadly cat-and-mouse mind game.... It is downright eerie. i can best describe it as a thinking persons action thriller, but in its wild turns of the imagination, it is completely hypnotic!!!!.

  • Derek D


    Nothing wrong with the acting here - or the director, for that matter - but the film just kind of plods along at an uneven pace. I loved this movie years ago, but just can't seem to get into it nowadays. Still, Mickey Rourke is the epitome of cool as escaped murderer Michael… More

  • Wahida K


    Desire is the deadliest weapon of all.

  • Dean M


    Desperate remake of William Wyler's 1955 suspense classic, with Mickey Rourke taking over the Humphrey Bogart role. Rourke's pointless posturing and director Michael Cimino's tendency toward overkill make it more campy than chilling.

  • Naughtia N


    This movie was great and very catchy. A married couple's home gets invaded by a group of criminals. The leader of the group is an escaped con who is trying to run from the law. The married couple has problems of their own as they are separated. Anthony Hopkins and Mickey Rourke… More

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