Desperate Measures

Desperate Measures

Desperate Measures

Track Listings
 
1. Make Me An Offer
2. All About Dope
3. Soft Way Out
4. Stand For
5. No Heroes
6. Kingpin
7. Who's To Blame
8. Ball Hugger
9. 2-Minute Warning
10. The Future (Ain't What It Used To Be)

Desperate Measures,Leeway,Profile,Heavy Metal,Popular Music,Rock,Thrash
Desperate Measures: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Stat!
  • Annoying snore...
  • Exciting, to say the least
  • DRASTIC MEASURES PERHAPS?
  • Fast paced thriller.
 Desperate Measures: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack
Trevor Jones
Manufacturer: Velvel Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006A7A
Release Date: 1998-02-24

Tracks:

  1. Unauthorized Access
  2. Imprisonment
  3. In Transit
  4. Escape
  5. On The Run
  6. Under Pressure
  7. Hostages
  8. Essence Of Time
  9. Tunnels
  10. Chase
  11. Persistence
  12. Redemption
  13. Into The City

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Stat!.......2007-03-31

Finally, a movie that helps explain why I'm so unusually nice to homicidal maniacs - one man's homicidal maniac might be another man's son's bone marrow donor. Happens all the time!

2 out of 5 stars Annoying snore..........2006-08-16

I'm wondering when it became a federal crime to have a PLOT in a movie anymore. The writers of "Desperate Measures" apparently thought an interesting and coherent storyline would get them a seat in the death house because they avoided anything even remotely connected to reality in this movie.

First, there's the eminently annoying Andy Garcia. His usual tics are in full bloom - this guy has more twitches than Clint Eastwood on speed. His son needs a bone marrow transplant, and the only human being on the entire earth who is a match is psycho killer Michael Keaton.

The movie is about how Garcia tries to keep the nutcase alive after he torches the hospital personnel and shoots all the cops in his escape attempt. The boy who plays the son is adorable; one of the few kids who actually ACTS like a kid. And Michael Keaton really has a knack for psycho parts (although I still miss his "Batman" hero performances.) Both Keaton and the kid are the only reason it even merits two stars.

But it's the idea that no matter what this guy does, who he kills, he MUST live so Garcia's kid can get a transplant. After one of the many slaughter scenes in the movie, the police captain says to Garcia, "How many cops have to die so your son can live?"

Good freaking question!

5 out of 5 stars Exciting, to say the least.......2006-02-01

Michael Keaton puts in another excellent turn as a bad guy. This time he's a multi-murdering felon in a maximum security prison.

Overall, this movie will keep you on the edge of your seat to the very end. I agree that the plot is a bit unbelievable, but why should movies be believable anyway. Aren't movies supposed to transport you to another place where reality is temporarily suspended.

Deserves 5 stars for thrills, acting and dark humor.

3 out of 5 stars DRASTIC MEASURES PERHAPS?.......2005-10-22

Admittedly preposterous and implausible, DESPERATE MEASURES is nonetheless a tidy and engaging thriller. Director Barbet Schroeder eschews his usual heavy handed drama for this action thriller in which Michael Keaton plays a very vile criminal who happens to be the only donor available for the dying child of cop Andy Garcia. Brian Cox is underused in his role as Garcia's boss, and Marcia Gay Harden has done better than this role as the persistent doctor. Garcia's performance is dedicated, and Joseph Cross as the young boy is charmingly effective. Keaton, however, seems to be playing his role as a comic character instead of the outlandishly evil man he is. The ending is one that will probably irritate you, it did me, but overall the movie does what it was probably supposed to do.

4 out of 5 stars Fast paced thriller........2005-06-16

Michael Keaton does a great job of acting in this role. He plays an intelligent psychotic killer. By far one of his best performances. I could actually believe him as a sociopath. Andy Garcia delivers a good performance as a father who will stop at nothing to save his sons life. But his acting does not come up to the same standard as Mr. Keaton's in this movie.

The movie is about a father who is trying to save his son's life. His son is dying of cancer and needs a bone marrow transplant. But we learn at the begining of the movie that there are no donor's that match. Garcia, as a police officer, and the boys father illegally breaks into the FBI's computer in order to use their resoures to find a compatible donor. And he does, in the form of an inmate played by Keaton.

Keaton's character has the right blood type to give the boy the required bone marrow. He finally agrees to help the boy. We see him prepare for what he hopes will be his escape to freedom from the hospital. Will he escape or decide to take his one chance at redemption by helping this boy. And if this would have been played out as a story of redemption, it would have easily gotten a five star rating.

But it seems a suspense thriller was wanted instead of a great drama. So Keaton escapes. And we have the time critical chase. The police just want him caught dead or alive. Of course Garcia's character needs him alive, in order to save his boy. Would any of this happen in real life....no chance. But it does make for a fast pace thriller. You will be caught up in the great direction and wounderful cinematography. This film has been underrated and does deserve to be viewed. I found it entertaining.
Never Enough Time
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Never Enough Time
    Desperate Measures
    Manufacturer: Youngblood Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
    Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B0007PLKE8
    Release Date: 2005-03-08

    Tracks:

    1. Never Enough Time
    2. Where Were You?
    3. Addiction
    4. Moving On
    5. Won't Change A Thing
    6. Pushed Away
    7. Full Circle
    8. Forgiven
    9. In Better Times
    10. More Than Ever

    Product Description

    1. Never Enough Time
    2. Where Were You?
    3. Addiction
    4. Moving On
    5. Won't Change A Thing
    6. Pushed Away
    7. Full Circle
    8. Forgiven
    9. In Better Times
    10. More Than Ever

    Format: CD
    Desperate Measures
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Leeway's second album
    		 Desperate Measures
    Leeway
    Manufacturer: Profile
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
    Thrash & Speed MetalThrash & Speed Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
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    1. Born to Expire
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    3. Adult Crash

    ASIN: B000008HNL
    Release Date: 1991-06-04

    Tracks:

    1. Make Me An Offer
    2. All About Dope
    3. Soft Way Out
    4. Stand For
    5. No Heroes
    6. Kingpin
    7. Who's To Blame
    8. Ball Hugger
    9. 2-Minute Warning
    10. The Future (Ain't What It Used To Be)

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Leeway's second album.......2006-11-04

    [...]

    Leeway delivers a great follow-up to their debut album BORN TO EXPIRE. DESPERATE MEASURES sees Leeway moving forward with their music. The band is really working well together on this recording. Though the rawness of BORN TO EXPIRE is gone, the razor sharp clean sound of DESPERATE MEASURES still brings home hard and heavy riffs along with lyrics telling tails of the hardcore life of NYC.

    A definate good sequel to BORN TO EXPIRE.
    True Confessions
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		True Confessions
      Desperate Measures
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
      ASIN: B000FSMLZY
      Release Date: 2006-04-04

      Tracks:

      1. True Confessions
      2. We Don't Have to Worry 'Bout Us
      3. I Can't Trust Myself
      4. (She Wants to Go To) Nashville
      5. Portrait
      6. Inspiration
      7. On the Way
      8. I Hate Loving You
      9. Just Say Goodbye
      10. Last of It
      Speaking in Tongues
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		Speaking in Tongues
        DESPERATE MEASURES
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD
        ASIN: B000MS5LP4

        Product Description

        1 Guilty Pleasures 2 Glossolalia 3 Memory Road 4 Desiree 5 Undeniable 6 Fate Gets Her Way 7 You Really Opened My Eyes 8 Fallen 9 Demon-Haunted World 10 This Ageless Beauty 11 Big Bad Brother 12 Everything Breaks
        It's on Your Hands
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          		It's on Your Hands
          Desperate Measures
          Manufacturer: Youngblood Records
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
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          Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
          ASIN: B0007KVDWW
          Release Date: 2002-10-03

          Product Description

          1. It's On Your Hands
          2. My Way
          3. Growing Up
          4. Live Your Life
          5. I Fight On
          6. Times You Share
          7. Forgiven
          8. Your Time


          Format: CD
          Two Can Play
          Average customer rating: Not rated
            		Two Can Play

            Manufacturer: Desperate Measures
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Classic Rock | Styles | Music
            ASIN: B000CAK0TE
            Release Date: 2003-08-12
            Born to Expire/Desperate Measures
            Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
            • the most underrated NYHC band EVER
            • Good Stuff
            • This is good stuff
            • the raddest cd ever made
            • AN OLD SCHOOL MUST HAVE
            		 Born to Expire/Desperate Measures
            Leeway
            Manufacturer: Another Planet/Profile Records
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            GeneralGeneral | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
            Thrash & Speed MetalThrash & Speed Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
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            ASIN: B000005VRJ
            Release Date: 1996-02-20

            Tracks:

            1. Rise And Fall
            2. Mark Of The Squealer
            3. Be Loud
            4. On The Outside
            5. Defy You
            6. Enforcer
            7. Tools For War
            8. Born To Expire
            9. Marathon
            10. Self Defense
            11. Catholic High School (Girls In Trouble)
            12. Unexpected
            13. Make Me An Offer
            14. All About Dope
            15. Soft Way Out
            16. Stand For
            17. No Heroes
            18. Kingpin
            19. Who's To Blame
            20. Ball Hugger
            21. 2-Minute Warning
            22. The Future (Ain't What It Used To Be)

            Customer Reviews:

            5 out of 5 stars the most underrated NYHC band EVER.......2004-09-03

            This cd is a MUST have for anyone who even thinks they know hardcore. It's a combo of two of the best cds ever (in my opinion). It baffles me that so many college djs who spin
            punk/hardcore shows have no f-ing clue who LEEWAY is.
            I'm also baffled by some of these "listmania" individuals who put together hardcore lists that doesn't include LEEWAY, or Run Devil Run (who you also need to check out).
            Did i mention that this is a MUST HAVE?

            5 out of 5 stars Good Stuff.......2004-05-09

            Great band. Often overlooked when it comes to the New York crossover scene as their first album didn't come out till 88'. They sound a bit like Megadeth and Slayer combined with Agnostic Front and Cro-mags. Great stuff. Born to Expire is the best of the bunch as it'sfast and furious. Desperate Measures is a bit slowed down with a big Sabbath influence. Still great though. Be interesting to know what happened to these guys...

            5 out of 5 stars This is good stuff.......2004-03-27

            This album will appeal especially to people not from around the NYC area. This is where it all started... Leeway were one of the original crossover bands... combining speed metal and the underground hardcore sound happening in the east village and alphabet city in NYC at that time. True hardcore bands were 'heavier', but Leeway really defined a sound. Definitely worth a listen... particularly to Rise and Fall, Be Loud, Born to Expire, and Mark of the Squealer. Email me and tell me what you think... gbrice@optonline.net

            5 out of 5 stars the raddest cd ever made.......2003-12-27

            one of the best albums ever made is born to expire.Desperate measures is pretty sick too.combine them both and you have a cd worth dying for.I think leeway should be rich and famous for these albums, being as amazing as they are.If I was left with one cd in the world to listen to for the rest of my life this would be it.In other words,find it ,steal it, do what ever you can to obtain this Mother Fookin cd

            5 out of 5 stars AN OLD SCHOOL MUST HAVE.......1999-08-09

            Leeway has given hardcore fans a reason to spend their money on a double CD. Though different in range--cuts from Born to Expire are heavy and furious, while Desperate Measures are more funky--the music still exemplifies the rage Leeway is known for. Fastidious guitar and drums combined with the strong vocal (albeit polar opposite on some songs) range of the singer make this album nothing less than a classic for underground listeners.

            Music Track:

            1. Die Tonight [Import]
            2. Dissolution of Eternity [Import]
            3. Divine Intervention
            4. Dreamtower [Import]
            5. Emergent [Import]
            6. Feel the Rage
            7. Fine Pink Mist [Import]
            8. For You [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Import]
            9. Forged By Fire [Import]
            10. From the Underground and Below

            Music Track

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