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Synopsis: San Francisco police officer Frank Connor is in a frantic search for a compatible bone marrow donor for his gravely ill son. There's only one catch: the potential donor is convicted multiple murderer Peter McCabe who sees a trip to the hospital as the perfect opportunity to get what he wants most: freedom. With McCabe's escape, the entire hospital becomes a battleground and Connor must pursue and, ironically, protect the deadly fugitive who is his son's only hope for survival.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Barbet Schroeder
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
17%
R
Year:
1998
100 min
237 Views


Even if he doesn't,|or my body rejects the transplant--

'Cause that happens sometimes, right?

I just want you to know...

it's okay, Dad,|you did your best.

Excuse me. Mr. Connor,|there's a call for you.

You can pick it up in here.

Hi, Matt.

Frank Connor.

Frank, how's it going?

- That depends, doesn't it?|- Yeah.

I've been thinking it over. Why don't|you send Matt here so I can meet him?

Meet him? What for?

Look, if it's too much trouble--

Hi, Matt.

I'm Peter McCabe.|You can call me Pete.

Let's see, you're nine.

What is that, Matt?

- Fourth grade?|- Yeah.

You like school?|I f***ing hated every minute of it.

Yes, sir.

Not "sir," Matt.

You just call me Pete.|All right?

Uncle Pete.

But you're not my uncle.

- Let's do it.|- Do what, sir?

I'm going to do|the bone marrow transplant for you.

Dad, he's going to do it!

- Let me talk to your dad alone.|- Wait for me outside.

- Thank you.|- Sure.

Now...

I will do this if, and only if,|certain things are done for me.

Name it.

You will instruct the warden|to give me back my smoking privileges.

Reinstate my access|to the prison library.

Allow me four sugars in my coffee.|And get me out of that one-man box...

and back into the general population.

I'll do everything I can.

Good, Frank.

Do everything you can.

What's on your mind?

You could have decided this|last time I was here.

I wanted to meet Matt.

This way, maybe he'd appreciate me more.

- Sounds like redemption.|- Maybe.

In a way.

Help a kid, help myself.

Who knows, right, Frank?

Who knows?

This is great.

I'm happy things are working out|for both of us.

Right.

Warden's never going to approve|all the stuff I want.

You're going to have to go|over his head.

At least you know I'm calling you|back again in half an hour.

The governor is tied up|in a trade show all day.

Frank, listen to me.

It's going to happen, all right?|It's going to happen.

What about the ventilation?

You think he can get through|the ventilation system?

Not in the new building.|But in the old building...

I'm concerned about the steam tunnels.

Shall we? Let's say hello to him.|He's right here.

- Good.|- Frank Connor, Nate Oliver.

This is Sarah Davis, Governor Walker's|assistant press secretary.

And she has some good news for us.

- What?|- Transplant's going to go down.

Congratulations, Frank.|The chief went to bat for you.

Miss Davis spoke to the governor,|and the governor spoke to the warden.

- I'm glad I could help.|- I don't know what to say. Thank you.

What you can say when the local news|interviews you...

is you'd like to thank Governor Walker|personally for what he's done.

Of course.

- Is that a deal?|- Absolutely.

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David Klass

David Klass is an American screenwriter and novelist. He has written more than 40 screenplays for Hollywood studios and published 14 young adult novels. His screenplays are primarily character-based thrillers for adults, while his novels often tell the stories of teenagers in crisis. more…

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