Extreme Measures

Extreme Measures is a 1996 crime thriller film based on Michael Palmers 1991 novel of the same name, dealing with the ethics of medical sacrifices.

As he continues trying to find out what happened, Guys personal and professional life get suddenly sidetracked. His home is ransacked and cocaine is planted near his bedside. The police arrest him and he is convicted and in the process he loses his job, the ability to ever practice medicine anywhere in the world and virtually all of his friends. In desperation, he manages to get the help of some homeless men who lead him to their underground home. His ER patient who died also had lived there. Through them hes led to an organization, led by neurosurgeon Dr. Lawrence Myrick Gene Hackman, that performs spinal experiments on the homeless people, all of whom have died thus far, in an attempt to find a cure for paralysis.Dr. Myrick attempts to sway Guy to join his team telling him that these people are heroes and losing one to save millions is worth the sacrifice. Guy admits that while there is some truth in what Myrick says, he states they have not chosen to be heroes, which makes Myrick a murderer. Dr. Myrick is shot and accidentally killed by rogue FBI Agent Frank Hare David Morse. Later, Mrs. Myrick hands the discs and documentation regarding the research to Guy telling him my husband was trying to do a good thing, but in the wrong way. He opens the package, views the materials and proceeds towards the neurology building where he is now working. ........

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