Extreme Measures (1996)
Extreme Measures (1996)
DVDRip | MKV | 720x348 | x264 @ 1257 Kbps | 118 min | 1,22 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English, Français
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
DVDRip | MKV | 720x348 | x264 @ 1257 Kbps | 118 min | 1,22 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English, Français
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Director: Michael Apted
Writers: Michael Palmer (book), Tony Gilroy (screenplay)
Stars: Hugh Grant, Gene Hackman, Sarah Jessica Parker
Thriller about Guy Luthan (Hugh Grant), a British doctor working at a hospital in New York who starts making unwanted enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency room disappears. The trail leads Luthan to the door of the eminent surgeon Dr Lawrence Myrick (Gene Hackman), but Luthan soon finds himself in danger from people who want the hospital's secret to remain undiscovered.
I just saw this for the second time, on telly, and was struck again by how good it is; not great, maybe, but a very solidly written and acted film on an intriguing premiss and leaving the viewer a bit of room to make up their own mind (this is a GOOD THING, in case anyone is wondering). Hugh Grant shows again that he can do more than play variations on this 4 Weddings character - anyone who has seen An Awfully Big Adventure will be well aware of this. And Gene Hackman is as excellent as ever. A word for Elizabeth Hurley, who produced the film, and I think it was her first: a damn good job she did, despite some unsavoury sniping in the British press about her. I'd give it an 8 out of 10
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Extreme Measures (1996)
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