A disgraced surgeon leaves his former life and reinvents himself as a gunshot doctor in the criminal underworld.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| David Duchovny | ... | Dr. Eugene Sands | |
| Timothy Hutton | ... | Raymond Blossom | |
| Angelina Jolie | ... | Claire | |
| Michael Massee | ... | Gage | |
| Peter Stormare | ... | Vladimir | |
| Andrew Tiernan | ... | Cyril | |
| Gary Dourdan | ... | Yates | |
| John Hawkes | ... | Flick | |
| Will Stewart | ... | Perry | |
| Philip Moon | ... | Casey | |
| Pasha D. Lychnikoff | ... | Andrei (as Pavel D. Lynchnikoff) | |
| Tracey Walter | ... | Jim | |
| Sandra Kinder | ... | Sue | |
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Bill Rosier | ... | Jerry |
| Keone Young | ... | Mr. Ksi | |
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Stripped of his medical license after performing an operation while high on amphetamines, famed LA surgeon Dr Eugene Sands abandons his former life only to find himself crossing paths with Raymond Blossom, an infamous counterfeiter. Employed as a "gun-shot doctor" when Raymond's associates cannot risk visiting a hospital, Eugene is lured deep into the criminal world and becomes entangled with his boss's girlfriend. Written by Anonymous
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Rated R for strong graphic violence, gore, pervasive language and some drug use | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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According to the Don Simpson autobiography "High Concept" , the concept for this film was stolen from a doctor who died at Simpson's house before he could finish the script. See more »Goofs
Photographs are being taken at a Lakers game with a digital camera, but we hear the sound of a motor drive. See more »Quotes
Eugene: Life is all a matter of perspective. You really learn that as a doctor. A man with gangrene thinks he's lucky if he only loses a finger and not an arm. So if your life was going along well, and you found yourself walking with two guys that look like Metallica rejects, you might think it was a bad daySee more »
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Referenced in At the Movies: Gattaca/The House of Yes/A Life Less Ordinary/FairyTale: A True Story/Sunday (1997) See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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17 October 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$12,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$1,937,374, 19 October 1997Gross USA:
$4,166,918Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$4,166,918Company Credits
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Duchovny plays a surgeon who had his operating license taken away, he gets pulled into a criminal mafia where one action leads to a bigger one. Getting synthetic herion was his prime objective as he goes to a sleazy bar but he ended up saving a man's life. Not any man but a man within a overlord's keep. Leaving the bar he not only had the blood of the shot man and his drugs but the acquaintance of the overlord who would not forget him. Duchovny will always be Mulder to me but from this movie I can see that he can actually act outside of the X-files, with the help of Angelina Jolie and Timothy Hutton of course. Over all the movie had a unique plot but a foreseen ending. Out of ten I would give this movie a six, worthy to watch but not something I would watch over again.