Extreme ... by all means
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Extreme ... by all means |
| Original title | Extreme measures |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1996 |
| length | 114 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Michael Apted |
| script |
Tony Gilroy , Michael Palmer |
| production |
Elizabeth Hurley , Andrew Scheinman |
| music | Danny Elfman |
| camera | John Bailey |
| cut | Rick Shaine |
| occupation | |
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Extreme ... by all means (Original title: Extreme Measures ) is an American thriller by Michael Apted from 1996. Tony Gilroy wrote the screenplay based on a novel by Michael Palmer . The main roles were played by Hugh Grant and Gene Hackman .
action
Dr. Guy Luthan works in the emergency room at a New York hospital. One night, the homeless Claude is admitted with strange symptoms, fresh operation scars on his spine and an unidentified hospital bracelet that has a Dr. Luthan exhibits unknown drug. Despite the doctors' best efforts to help Claude, the patient dies and his body later disappears without a trace.
Dr. Despite a warning from his boss Dr. Jeffrey Manko after. The nurse Jodie Trammel helps him. Luther's research shows that several homeless men who came to the emergency room for illnesses such as conjunctivitis or a fracture of the hand were not only treated for this, but that the hospital also carried out extensive blood tests on these men to find "healthy objects." Find. Luthan is called at the hospital and informed that his home has been broken into. The local police find cocaine that was foisted on him in Luther's apartment and arrest him. These events lead to his discharge because the hospital board does not believe any of his statements that they want to get rid of him because he asked too many questions about homeless patients. Frustrated, Luthan wants to restore his reputation and listens to homeless circles in order to track down the clues that Claude gave shortly before his death. He finds answers from the so-called “mole people”, a group of homeless people who have retreated into the New York subway shafts. During his research it becomes clear that there are other homeless victims who are found under mysterious circumstances and each with surgical scars on the spine. Luthan finds out about the neurologist Dr. Lawrence Myrick, who with his company Tri Phase is researching nerve cell growth in order to find a cure for paraplegia. Many of his employees have a paralyzed relative.
After a chase by the employees of Dr. Myrick in the New York subway shafts is shot at Luthan and seeks help from nurse Jodie. She has a brother in a wheelchair and feels guilty because she was drunk and caused the car accident in which her brother was injured. Luthan finds out that Jodie is partnering with Tri Phase for this reason , in the hope of her brother's recovery. Luthan knocks Luthan with a baseball bat, and Luthan wakes up at Myrick's Tri Phase Hospital , where he is told that the shooting and the blow to his spine will leave him paralyzed for life. Dr. Myrick visits him at the bedside, whereupon Luthan asks him to kill him because he cannot come to terms with his paralysis. Myrick asks him what he would do if there was hope of a cure. Luthan answers this question with "Everything!", Which Doctor Myrick only comments with "You should think again". During the night, Jodie comes to Luthan's hospital room and tells him that the paralysis was artificially created by medication and is only temporary. She helps him to escape, but Luthan is followed by the entire Tri Phase staff and makes it into the foyer with the last of his strength. There he meets Dr. Myrick, who asks him if the lives of a few meaningless homeless people is not a fair price to pay to fight paralysis, and asks him to help him with his research and make history. Luthan replies that this is the wrong way to go, because every doctor who has sworn the Hippocratic oath must preserve life and not destroy it - regardless of the price. A scuffle breaks out with one of Myrick's men and a shot goes off. Dr. Myrick is shot accidentally and succumbs to his injuries.
Luthan is working again as a doctor in another New York hospital and is being taken over by his ex-boss, Dr. Jeffrey Manko visits, who apologizes for the dismissal of Luther. When the two say goodbye to each other and Luthan wants to go back into the building, a woman speaks to him. She introduces herself as Myrick's widow and asks Luthan to take her husband's research with her, since there is certainly much good in these records and Luthan might be able to find the right way, because she is convinced that her husband was looking for the good , but took the wrong path.
Reviews
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on September 27, 1996 that the thriller was more thought-provoking than usual. He praised the intelligent dialogues and the presentations by Hugh Grant and Gene Hackman. The ending avoid the clichés of the thriller.
The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating particularly valuable.
background
Filming took place in New York City and Toronto . Production costs were estimated at 38 million US dollars . The film grossed $ 17.3 million in United States cinemas.
Web links
- Extreme ... by all means in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Extreme ... by all means at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Film review by Roger Ebert (English).