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Extreme Measures (1996)
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Extreme Measures loses credibility near the climax when it sacrifices its hold on reality, but this entertaining, intelligent thriller effectively applies a formulaic plot to the complicated ethics of medical research. It also gives Hugh Grant an opportunity to break free from lightweight comedy by playing an emergency room surgeon who discovers that a renowned neurologist (Gene Hackman) has been conducting secret experiments on patients. When Grant fails to save a patient whose body later mysteriously disappears from the morgue, his investigation leads to an underground community of healthy homeless people, some of whom have been...
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I am a big fan of House because of the weekly dilemmas posed. Should we
sacrifice a few for the benefit of the many is a question posed in this
thriller with J.K. Simmons, Hugh Grant, Gene Hackman, and Sarah Jessica
Parker.
Grant, as a doctor who uncovers some shady goings on is out of his
usual element and, because of...
(complete Extreme Measures review by Movie Addict)
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