Playing God (1997)

Movie
German title	Playing God
Original title	Playing God
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1997
length	93 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Andy Wilson
script	Mark Haskell Smith
production	Marc Abraham Armyan Bernstein Laura Bickford Thomas A. Bliss
music	Richard Hartley
camera	Anthony B. Richmond
cut	Louise Rubacky
occupation
David Duchovny : Eugene Sands Timothy Hutton : Raymond Blossom Angelina Jolie : Claire Michael Massee : Gage Peter Stormare : Vladimir Pavel Lychnikoff : Andrei Tracey Walter : Jim John Hawkes : Flick Gary Dourdan : Yates

Playing God is a 1997 American film directed by Andy Wilson and written by Mark Haskell Smith . The main roles were played by David Duchovny , Timothy Hutton and Angelina Jolie .

action

Drug addict doctor Eugene Sands loses his license after a medical malpractice. One day he saves the life of a man who was shot in a bar. He is then kidnapped and taken to the house of gangster Raymond Blossom. Blossom, whose girlfriend Claire was watching, offers Sands to pay him for illegal medical services. It turns out that the man shot was part of Blossom's gang.

Sands operates the injured Vladimir. A few hours later, Blossom interrogates this man and then shoots him, which Sands learns much later.

Blossom wages a gang war against the Estonian Mafia, Sands cares for the victims. The FBI is trying to force Sands to work together. But he falls in love with Claire, who is injured in a shootout and then kidnapped by Blossom.

Then there is a showdown on a city motorway. When Blossom gets out of his car to shoot Sands, he is run over.

Reviews

"An inconsistent mixture of the film noir" story told off-screen and a sunny Californian background, the actual mood of which is difficult to pin down. Ultimately, the film has some (entertainment) charms, but main actor David Duchovny - known from the ' The X-Files - series' - seems simply overwhelmed in his role. "

- Lexicon of international film

literature

• Harald Keller: Angelina Jolie . Bertz Verlag, Berlin 2001, pp. 68-76, 148, ISBN 3-929470-33-0

Web links

• Playing God in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• movie-reviews.net: Playing God (engl.)
• prisma-online.de: Playing God
• moovienet.de: Playing God
• Comparison of the cut versions FSK 12 TV - FSK 16 by Playing God at Schnittberichte.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Playing God. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .