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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 test subjects in Hackman's revolutionary, but criminal research toward a cure for paralysis. Co-produced by actor-model Elizabeth Hurley and capably directed by Michael Apted, this otherwise conventional thriller rises above its limitations by asking morally complex questions that give its far-fetched plot an extra kick of dramatic impact. --Jeff Shannon
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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This is another one of those films, which I'd never heard of until it appeared on TV one day, and thought it was bound to be another one of those straight to video little known releases that would be possibly average but in all likelihood, probably worse. To my delight this was thrilling, exciting, thought provoking and generally an all round good movie.
The plot is simple and has been done before in various guises although comparisons with the similarly hospital set "Coma" are easy to draw. Hugh Grant plays English Dr Guy Luthan working at an inner city New York hospital. One of the patients he treats dies in mysterious circumstances, but what is stranger is that the body also disappears. Desperate to discover what is going on under the respectable surface of the hospital he starts to investigate deeper only to find he is set up by people who would rather he didn't dig too deeply and finds himself on drugs charges and suspended from his job.
As I say the story has been done before but it none the less exciting this time round. There is a fantastic scene in the depths of the New York subway system and similarly as good scenes in the clinical spotlessness of the hospital wards.
The finale scene of the film is also worth a mention for the moral dilemma it throws up. Gene Hackman, who can play a mean baddie as well as anyone, gives a surprisingly persuasive argument against ethical medical procedures and there is a part of you who does agree with him. Grant answers with the counter-argument that you know is right, but it doesn't stop the questioning there.
All in all, a great thriller which takes the audience on something more than a shoot 'em up car chase ridden film and actually has the intelligence to pose some questions for late night thinking.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Probably the only film in which Hugh Grant does not bumble around in a very English way - there is action, and an interesting plot. Not a brain-teaser, but still watchable, and a refreshing change from Grant's usual films.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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I really enjoyed this. It was refreshingly free of annoying plot add-ons and set in the ordinary world, which made it a lot better than many other more far-fetched thrillers. Indeed, its central questions are even more relevant today, when the issue of whether it is right to use research that was carried out by Nazi scientists is often in the news. I'd recommend this.
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Excellent plotline
Hugh Grant is surprisingly good as the doctor whose investigations into a suspicious death at his hospital lead to him losing his job and facing a moral dilemma. Read more
Published 13 months ago by N. Keys
Extreme Measures
This is probably a little known film of Hugh Grant. The story is rather horrific as he tries to unravel what the head of the hospital is doing, but the ending is rather thoughtful
Published 21 months ago by am.lindsay
HUGH DUNNIT
It was weird watching Hugh Grant acting as a serious character. I kept waiting for him to dither and mumble, but he did quite well. Read more
Published on 22 Oct 2007 by Nevs
Extremely OK
I have hardly seen Hugh Grant is any serious roles, and without being a bumbling hopeless-romantic, and this is a good break away from that stereotyping. He plays Dr. Read more
Published on 5 May 2007 by Jay
whew!
I found the movie really intriguing since it deals with human life. There are two opposing forces in the movie-people who find human creatures, as just mere creatures and people... Read more
Published on 24 Aug 2005
A painfully mediocre thriller.
The prime motivation behind watching this thriller came from its name which reveals that its an adaptation of a Michael Palmer book. Read more
Published on 8 Jun 2005 by K. S. Arora
A good Hugh Grant film!!!!!
If you are used to Hugh Grant films being absolutely dreadful (Notting Hill, About a Boy and that awful Sirens thing) then this might at least allow you to see him in a more... Read more
Published on 8 Jun 2005
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