MOVIE · 1996

Extreme Measures

CrimeDramaMysteryThriller118 min

When a patient dies in his New York emergency room and the body disappears, British doctor Guy Luthan (Hugh Grant) starts asking questions his hospital does not want answered. What begins as a missing-body mystery leads him toward an eminent surgeon, with Gene Hackman at the center of the hospital’s upper ranks, and into a secret tied to medical research and institutional power. Sarah Jessica Parker is one of the doctors around Guy as his inquiries make him a target. The film keeps its focus on hospital corridors, professional authority, and the danger that follows once evidence starts to vanish.