The Desperate Hour

2022 84 min ★ 6.0 Thriller

A woman desperately races to save her child after police place her hometown on lockdown due to an active shooter incident.

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Cast

Naomi Watts

Amy Carr

Colton Gobbo

Noah Carr

Sierra Maltby

Emily

Michelle Johnston

Heather (voice)

Woodrow Schrieber

Detective Paulson (voice)

David Reale

CJ (voice)

Jason Clarke

Greg Minor (voice)

Debra Wilson

Dedra Wilkinson (voice)

Christopher Marren

Peter

Joshua Bowman

Emergency Police

Details

Director

Phillip Noyce

Tagline

"Time is running out."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Boies/Schiller Film Group, Untapped, Limelight, Stratagem Pictures

Reviews

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tmdb28039023

August 28, 2022

★ 5/10

Just the other day I was appalled at how the new Texas Chainsaw Massacre invokes a real-life tragedy such as a high school shooting to justify its brand of gratuitous violence. On the other side of the spectrum is a film like The Desperate Hour – a reminder that the most powerful stories about such tragic events don’t focus on violence but on people. The Desperate Hour (which never even makes it p...

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Dean

November 4, 2022

★ 2/10

I was hoping that it would be another great movie playing Naomi Watts as I love most movies she's in, but sadly this one isn't one of them. This movie was super boring. It's basically Naomi Watts walking and talking on phone whole time. I couldn't endure it and just stopped watching it after 30 minutes or so and then fast forwarded and and all movie she's walking and talking on phone.