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Extreme Measures (1996)

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Release Date: September 27, 1996
Genre: Crime, Suspense
Running Time: 118 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence, language, some nudity and graphic ER activity.
Director: Michael Apted
Writer: Tony Gilroy, Michael Palmer
Cast: Gene Ruffini, Gerry Becker, Nancy Beatty, Diana Zimmer, Peter Appel, J.K. Simmons, André De Shields, Shaun Austin-Olsen, Debra Monk, Paul Guilfoyle, John Toles-Bey, Bill Nunn, David Morse, Sarah Jessica Parker, Gene Hackman, Hugh Grant

New York. A homeless man enters a hospital, his name unknown, origin unclear. Pulse and breathing irregular... nothing like anyone had seen before... a blank hospital tag on his wrist, incision on his spine... The man dies, the body disappears, and all records are deleted. No one gives the man's death a second thought, except for the doctor in charge, Guy Luthan.

Suspecting something larger than what appears, Guy begins to look into the man's Read more

Movie Review

Grade: B+ I have always loved Hugh Grant's acting and his role in Extreme Measures strengthens my admiration. His acting is purely believable- he's not like some superman who knows what to say and when. He's sort of the opposite from the "ER" doctors but that's okay- his character is strong and amusing. Read the full movie review

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