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EXTREME MEASURES is a cut above the average thriller. Its “mad scientist” plot a reputable researcher (Gene Hackman) collects homeless derelicts in Manhattan for spinal cord experiments is only a cover for exploring very relevant issues in medical ethics.
Hugh Grant plays the idealistic E.R. doc who stumbles onto the conspiracy and pursues it to personal ruin. Even the bad guys are morally motivated (to save paralyzed loved ones). Just as a suspense potboiler, this Michael Apted-directed movie is often eerie and unnerving. In a memorable sequence, Grant follows a guide into the city’s bowels to locate the homeless who inhabit the damp darkness. It’s deja-Dante all over again. Usual genre violence but much to chew on; satisfactory for adults.
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