Extreme Measures (1996)

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Title: Extreme Measures (1996)

Tagline: Not all surgery is intended to cure.

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Director: Michael Apted

Cast: Hugh Grant, Gene Hackman, Sarah Jessica Parker, David Morse, Bill Nunn, Paul Guilfoyle, Debra Monk, John Toles-Bey, Peter Appel, Shaun Austin-Olsen, André De Shields, J.K. Simmons, Diana Zimmer, Nancy Beatty, Gerry Becker, Gene Ruffini, Bill MacDonald, Garnet Harding, Simon Reynolds, Derwin Jordan, Tara Rosling, Martin Roach, Bernard Browne, Sanjay Talwar, Christina Collins, Arlene Duncan, Cheryl Swarts, Peter Maloney, Johnie Chase, Noam Jenkins, Larissa Laskin, Phallon Carpino, Ross Petty, Todd Stewart, Lawrence Arancio, Vincent Marino, Marcia DeBonis, John Ventimiglia, John Heffernan, Raynor Scheine, John Trudell, Nelson Vasquez, Vincent Laresca, Denis Akiyama, Kim Roberts, Gerry Quigley, Teresa Yenque, Chris Edwards, David Eisner, Dana Stevens, Michael J. Reynolds, David Cronenberg, Jackie Richardson, Marium Carvell, Marilyn McDonald, Desi Moreno

Release: 1996-09-27

Runtime: 118

Plot: Guy Luthan, a British doctor working at a hospital in New York, starts making unwelcome enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency room disappears. After the trail leads Luthan to the door of an eminent surgeon at the hospital, Luthan soon finds himself in extreme danger people who want the hospital's secret to remain undiscovered.

 
Wasn't sure if I've watched it upon its release - I remember renting a VHS from Blockbuster, but not if I'd actually seen it, or someone else from the house did, and it didn't interest me at 14. Well I was very interested now, hungry actually for such detective/cover-up original movies, so bought this on a sort of 'bootleg' Blu-ray from Spain, but it's factory pressed, not a BD-R, and the quality is pretty good, definitely better than DVD, probably used some sort of HDTV or HD streaming copy.
Might sound like a broken machine, but it's an excellent thriller like 'they don't make'em anymore', written by Tony Gilroy (Devil's Advocate, Proof of Life, State of Play), and directed by Michael Apted (Class Action, The World is not Enough), with great actors, that I recommend to any fans of medical crime mystery dramas.
 
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