UNSEALED

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 Tim (Anthony Hopkins) and their young son and daughter. Bosworth has escaped from jail with the help of his defense attorney Nancy Breyers (Kelly Lynch).

The film focuses on the interactions of the family and Bosworth as he plans his escape to Mexico. Cimino wastes little time in developing the characters or explaining the implausible premise that Bosworth would chose an occupied house and hold an innocent family captive when the logical choice would be to lay low and wait for his chance to escape. Both Hopkins and Rourke, usually excellent actors, give wildly over-the-top performances, aided by the lurid, over-written dialogue of the screenplay and the badly paced, ill-conceived direction by Cimino, which instead of creating tension and suspense, simply confuses the already muddled and incomprehensible plot.

01 The Chase 3:04
02 Nancy Stashes The Jaguar 3:12
03 The Jailbreak 3:39
04 Tim Leaves With Zack 1:59
05 Too Many Bad Memories 1:59
06 Into The Lake 0:50
07 Tim Meets Bosworth 1:49
08 Nancy's Apartment 0:46
09 May Meets Bosworth 1:54
10 Tim Stabbed 2:53
11 Tim & Nora's Theme 1:49
12 The Stadium 3:23
13 Albert Leaves 1:27
14 Dumping The Body 3:31
15 I'll Be Back 1:02
16 Albert Pursued 2:58
17 Give Me The Gun 1:11
18 Tim & Nora 1:49
19 Bosworth & The FBI 1:17
20 The Aftermath 2:08
21 End Credits 3:17