The Desperate Hour - DVD

Unfolding in real time, The Desperate Hour is a “riveting and pulse pounding” thriller from awardwinning director Phillip Noyce. Recently widowed mother Amy Carr (Academy Award®-nominee Naomi Watts) is doing her best to restore normalcy to the lives of her young daughter and teenage son in their small town. As she's on a jog in the woods, she finds her town thrown into chaos as a shooting takes place at her son's school. Miles away, on foot in the dense forest, Amy desperately races against time to save he CAST Naomi Watts , known for Mulholland Drive, King Kong, and Birdman Colton Gobbo , known for Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Orphan Black, and Taken Sierra Maltby, known for Jupiter’s Legacy (TV Series)

Violence lurks beneath the posh exterior of Henry Carson's secluded estate. Uncle Henry's vast fortune has made him the target of blackmail and threats. After Carson's midnight murder, rookie-sleuth Jim "Sherlock Jr." Landis arrives at the manor to investigate and finds a host of possible killers awaits him. Local gumshoe Berton Churchill joins the investigation, and the two detectives have their hands full, sorting though all the suspe

From Academy Award®-winning director Michael Cimino* comes this taut psychological thriller about a family held hostage in their own home. Starring Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler), Oscar® winner Anthony Hopkins* (The Silence of the Lambs), Mimi Rogers (Someone Who Watch Over Me) and Kelly Lynch (Road House), this nail-biting action film grabs you by the throat and leaves you gasping in terror. Prepare yourself. The Desperate Hours have begun.In dire need of a hideout, escaped convict Michael Bosworth (Rourke) uses his charming smile to gain entry into the posh home of Nora and Tim Cornell (Rogers and Hopkins) and their two children. While waiting for his beautiful lawyer-turned-accomplice (Lynch) to arrive, Bosworth's smile soon explodes into homicidal rage when the Cornells desperately try to fight back. Holding the family at gunpoint and ruthlessly pitting husband against wife, Bosworth's fury escalates into a shocking night of terror and cold-blooded murder. Finally, the family is forced to take a stand that will either destroy them... or unite them as never before.