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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
239 Views


Sign for these.

These cigarettes are stale.

Tell that cop and his dead kid|I won't stand for stale cigarettes.

Sign the form.

Why'd they put him in prison?

- Did he kill people?|- Yes, he killed people.

He's going to be inside of me, Dad.|He's going to be a part of me.

Definitely not. Not him.

If you get blood from an old person,|will it turn you into an old person?

If we could pick and choose,|maybe we'd take somebody else.

I know.

Come on, defense.

Get those hands up.

Incoming.

I know who you are, McCabe.

- I can't get you no drugs.|- I don't want any drugs. I hate drugs.

But you can get me Narcan.

It's an anti-drug.

It's a counteractive use for ODs.

And I want it in an ampule.

Not a vile, an ampule.

Who's winning?

The program's too damn easy.

Give me Kasparov.

You know what? Get me "Deep Blue."|That ought to do it.

- Finish up. Lunch in 20.|- Right, sir.

This is Ed Fayne, the prison warden.|He'll take it from here.

Welcome.

This old building was the|original hospital, constructed in 1904.

1907.

It was made into a prison ward 10 years|ago when the new hospital was built.

You did your homework. Don't let the age|of the old girl fool you.

Our security is state of the art.

This building has|two-foot thick concrete walls.

An inch of rolled steel|over every entrance.

The whole place is computer controlled.

After the procedure, we'll move McCabe|to the prison wing in a special cell.

McCabe, R45237.

Have prisoner secured.

We're secured at this half. Check.

Matt, this will take about an hour.|Maybe we should get started?

Make it so.

Just relax. You'll be fine.

Partner, you do your thing now, okay?

I'm with you.

I know, Dad.

I love this city.|Don't you?

This procedure will greatly weaken|his immune system.

Until he gets McCabe's bone marrow...

I don't care how good he looks,|he's without defenses.

If he gets an infection,|it could kill him in a few hours.

Let them have his scent.

- Here's the paperwork.|- Right.

We've got live feeds|from three stations.

- Reporters are out front.|- Not now.

Everybody wants a statement.

How's Matt?

I'm Dr. Hawkins.|I'll be doing the extraction.

Nice to meet you. I'm sorry|I can't get up and greet you properly.

Pediatric oncologist.

- Where'd you go to medical school?|- Shut the f*** up, McCabe.

U.C.S.F.

- Do your men know where to go?|- In here until he's anesthetized.

Kellen is outside the door in pre-op,|Trimble in post-op.

- Let's get a gown on him, transfer him.|- No gown.

Unless you can put it on him|without removing the restraints.

Okay, let's get him to the table.

You're an attractive woman, Doctor.

Your competence, especially, is...

very appealing.

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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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