(Click on poster for image gallery) Cast and crew Plot Summary Review Links Image Gallery Angelina's comments on the film Add/view comments on playing god :: Cast and crew :: Click on any highlighted name to get their IMDB credits [ IMDB ] David Duchovny as Eugene Sands [ IMDB ] Timothy Hutton as Raymond Blossom [ IMDB ] Angelina Jolie as Claire [ IMDB ] Michael Massee as Gage [ IMDB ] Peter Stormare as Vladimir Directed by Andy Wilson Screenplay: Mark Haskell Smith Producers: Mare Abraham, Laura Bickford Executive producers: Armyan Bernstein, Thomas A. Bliss Co-producers: Melanie Greene, Nancy Rae Stone Music: Richard Hartley Rated: R Running Time: 93 minutes Back to top :: Summary :: Eugene Sands (David Duchovny) is a disgraced surgeon, who has lost his licence for operating while on drugs. His life changes when, attempting to score in a club one night, he witnesses a man being shot and saves his life with a bit of makeshift surgery. The man he's saved turns out to be an employee of Raymond Blossom (Timothy Hutton), a drug dealer/local crime lord. Eugene accepts an offer from Raymond to be physician to Raymond's employees who, obviously, don't want to go to a regular hospital for their injuries. He also finds himself drawn to Claire (Angelina), Raymond's girlfriend. Soon, the FBI are also interested in Eugene and how he can help them get Raymond and suddenly he's caught in the middle. Back to top :: Review :: Effective - if bleak - thriller. Director Wilson got his start on Cracker (the original UK version of Fitz), and he has a good understanding of how to pace a thriller such as this where character, and not flashy action set-pieces, drives the narrative. Although, for a film so leisurely paced, it can be somewhat confusing at times, as not enough time is spent on the backstory - Duchovny seems very laid-back for a man supposedly so driven to work that he takes to drugs and does Angelina Jolie's character have a job, a personality, a life? Duchovny actually excels as the anaesthetised medic who slowly appears to be regaining his way and contrasts well with the larger than life Hutton (mostly solid, but you do yearn for a return to the early promise shown in Ordinary People). Jolie does her usual best, but is wasted as the stereotypical gangster's girlfriend, who, astonishingly, neither Duchovny or Hutton can appear to muster any passion for, which is a definite downside as the final act is a battle between these two for Eugene and Jolie's freedom. One of those films that's either your taste or not. 2 out of 5. Back to top :: Links :: Will be added soon Back to top |
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