Extreme Measures

SPOILERS. It's an old joke. What's the difference between God and a doctor? God doesn't think he's a doctor.That's Dr. Gene Hackman's problem in this film -- he gets the two identities mixed up. He loses what sociologists call "role... Full review

"Extreme Measures" is virtually an unacknowledged remake of the 1978 film "Coma". Guy Luthan is a young British doctor working at a major hospital in New York. When one of his patients dies with baffling symptoms, Luthan tries to investigate.... Full review

Despite lead actor Hugh Grant still riding high from his sleeper hit FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL and a well publicized arrest for curb crawling in Hollywood the previous year, this was not received well in the theaters. Even with... Full review

GOOD - A very interesting story start-to-finish is the main attribute of this movie. It simply entertains, which is what you want in a film. It's also well-acted by the two leads: Hugh Grant and Gene Hackman.It's nice to see... Full review

When I saw "Extreme measures" for the first time I didn't expect anything special from it. Just a basic thriller among others and that's pretty much it. However as it turned out, "Extreme measures" has a certain place in my... Full review

I just saw this for the second time, on telly, and was struck again by how good it is; not great, maybe, but a very solidly written and acted film on an intriguing premiss and leaving the viewer a bit... Full review

Entertaining, but a lot like "coma" with Michael Douglas. Nothing really original in the movie, apart from the fact that the main person doesn't happen to get into a relationship during the movie and all that sort of sideline nonesense.... Full review

Overall it's an enjoyable movie, but I would recommend you rent it rather than buy it. Overall, it's a good story, but about an hour and fifteen minutes through the movie, you start wondering exactly where the plot is going. ... Full Review

It's not a great film The casting of the film is interesting because several of the leading actors in the film are better known for their roles in comedies rather than dramas, but they all do a fine job. ... Full Review

The film reaches some sort of silliness zenith in its final scenes, as the hero and the villain confront each other, each delivering a windy speech to justify his view. This is a plot device that has been used before, but it's handled pretty well - at least, until the film's deep-seated paranoia kicks in. ... Full Review

Though he doesn't have enough weight to stabilize the film when the plotting turns silly And the fact that director Michael Apted is able to put considerable realism and skill into his filmmaking merely emphasizes how out to lunch this picture's story is. ... Full Review

Extreme Measures begins realistically enough Hugh Grant plays a bright young doctor destined for the highest echelons of New York medical circles when he comes up against a baffling emergency-room case that he can't put to rest. ... Full Review

Angelina Jolie is trying to lose 21lbs in 21 days. The 33-year-old actress is reportedly desperate to shed weight for upcoming film "Salt," in which she plays a CIA assassin who is forced to disguise herself as a man. ... Full Article

The regulars at the Toronto Film Festival are a humbling lot. They take a week off work, arm themselves with backpacks, schedules and bottles of mineral water, and hit as many as six screenings a day. ... Full Article

Through some flat and suspenseless shenanigans that involve every cliché of the thriller genre, Luthan discovers that famous neurologist Professor Myrick (Gene Hackman, whose presence cannot save this mess) has been doing some research into healing spinal injuries. ... Full Article

De medische thriller is een populair genre in de boekenwereld.Grootheden als Robin Cook weten al jarenlang op de meest diepliggende angsten van de mensen in te werken. ... Full Article