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Extreme Measures [DVD] [1997]

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3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Hugh Grant, Gene Hackman, Sarah Jessica Parker, David Morse, Bill Nunn
  • Directors: Michael Apted
  • Writers: Michael Palmer, Tony Gilroy
  • Producers: Andrew Scheinman, Chris Brigham, Elizabeth Hurley, Jeanney Kim
  • Format: Dubbed, Full Screen, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 12 Jun 2000
  • Run Time: 114 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004R84P
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 25,534 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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

Special Features
4:3 Full Frame
2.35 Wide Screen
DVD 10
French\Italian
English\Italian
English
Region 2
Dolby Surround English French Italian
Dolby Surround
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Trailer
Arabic\Bulgarian\Dutch\English\French\German\Italian\Portuguese\Romanian\Spanish


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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Extreme Measures, 27 Jun 2005
By Rich Milligan (Thatcham, Berkshire) - See all my reviews
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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.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly good!, 27 Mar 2001
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This review is from: Extreme Measures [1996] [VHS] [1997] (VHS Tape)
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.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Even more relevant today., 3 April 2001
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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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