Extreme Measures
An emergency room doctor's busy routine is nearly permanently disrupted when he begins looking for the truth behind the mysterious death of the vagrant who raced naked into the E.R. of his New York City hospital. But he soon finds himself in danger from people who want the hospital's secret to remain undiscovered.
28 April 1949, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
15 March 1943, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
17 July 1963, Ridgewood, Queens, New York, USA
29 August 1946, Winnipeg, Canada
25 March 1965, Nelsonville, Ohio, USA
30 May 1934, New York City, New York, USA
January 01, 2004
Tries to be a both a medical thriller and morality play, and it doesn't quite deliver in both departments.
August 27, 2002
Opens our eyes to some serious moral issues involving advances in medical science.
September 05, 2009
The good liberal Michael Apted seems to think he's directing a film about society's exploitation of the homeless. In fact, the exploitation is all his.
January 23, 2006
A spine-tingling suspense machine that holds you captivated from beginning to end. A much underrated, overlooked thriller.
October 31, 2011
It's a fish out of water story in which neither the fish nor anybody else seems aware of his 'out of water' status.
February 18, 2004
Extreme silliness, but kind of fun.
July 30, 2007
If it's never as scary or provocative as it means to be, at least it's straightforward and satisfying.
November 05, 2003
A thoughtful if somewhat heavy-handed medical thriller that benefits enormously from Hackman's involvement.
January 01, 2000
Is it excusable to kill a few indigents here and there experimenting for a miracle cure? Measures' painfully protracted Hour 2 turns into a melodramatic debate about ethics.
July 25, 2002
Hackman and Grant make a surprisingly watchable pair, but there's yawns to be found.
