Extreme Measures
Directed by Michael Apted
Thriller about Guy Luthan (Hugh Grant), a British doctor working at a hospital in New York. He starts to make unwanted inquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency room disappears. The trail leads Luthan to the door of eminent surgeon Dr. Lawrence Myrick (Gene Hackman), but Luthan soon finds himself in danger from people who want the hospital's secret to remain undiscovered.
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- ርልዪረ11 February 2025Not the best Hackman movie I've seen and he plays a relatively minor role here, but the film is still entertaining and it makes a change to see Hugh Grant in a more serious role as a hospital surgeon instead of him playing his usual bumbling lightweight characters or period drama rogue or gallant. If you like films like 'Coma' and 'The Film' you will like this movie too. Grant plays the part of a hospital surgeon who can't make out why a patient of his, with unusual unexplained symptoms, dies on him after uttering some strange clues as to why he has a cut on his back and then he disappears. He starts to ask too many questions of his colleagues and superiors and in doing so 'rattles too many cages internally' that he is set up for a crime he didn't commit to oust him from his post and ruin his medical career to throw him off the scent. Only he doesn't give up; he is more determined than ever to find out what is going on. Eventually, he pieces together the clues and finds out that lots of homeless vagrants and other social misfits are being experimented on like rats to help further neurological research that will enable paraplegics to walk again. Only what they are doing is highly unethical and illegal and his determination to get to the bottom of the intrigue nearly gets him killed.
- Christopher Hirsch19 April 2026Gene Hackman, RIP Loved this when I first saw it in college. Good story about the line between ethical and unethical. Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker were excellent. All in all it was a good mystery. And not a milligram of wokeness.
- Pypical16 December 2025I don’t understand why this movie is so obscure…. Tony Gilroy is a creative mastermind so of course it’s a good movie even if it’s not anywhere near his best. Also has Hugh Grant and a whole list of known actors, good acting OK writing good enough story!
Extreme Measures Trivia
Extreme Measures was released on 27 September 1996.
Extreme Measures was directed by Michael Apted.
Extreme Measures has a runtime of 1h 58m.
Extreme Measures was produced by Elizabeth Hurley.
Thriller about Guy Luthan (Hugh Grant), a British doctor working at a hospital in New York. He starts to make unwanted inquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency room disappears. The trail leads Luthan to the door of eminent surgeon Dr. Lawrence Myrick (Gene Hackman), but Luthan soon finds himself in danger from people who want the hospital's secret to remain undiscovered.
The key characters in Extreme Measures are Dr. Guy Luthan (Hugh Grant), Dr. Lawrence Myrick (Gene Hackman), Jodie Trammel (Sarah Jessica Parker).
Extreme Measures is rated 15.
Extreme Measures is a Mystery, Drama, Thriller film.
Extreme Measures has an audience rating of 4.1 out of 10.
Extreme Measures had a budget of US$38M.
Extreme Measures has made US$17.4M at the box office.