Dr. Guy Luthan (Hugh Grant) works at Gramercy Hospital ER in NYC. He gets a patient with an unknown hospital's wristband and tells him about something called tri-phase. His patient body goes missing. He discovers records are missing and he is framed with drugs. After getting suspended, he asks nurse Jodie Trammel (Sarah Jessica Parker) for help. He follows the homeless to their underground world and secret experiments done by neurosurgeon Dr. Lawrence Myrick (Gene Hackman). FBI agent Frank Hare (David Morse) and NYPD detective Bob Burke (Bill Nunn) are also investigating a missing person.
This reveals too much too early. Myrick shows his hand so quickly that the story has only one or two surprises. This could have been great paranoid thriller action for the first half but I'm simply waiting for Gene Hackman to connect the two dots. I'm not sure Hare and Burke make sense. They need to act heavier as the threatening muscle. I also don't understand how these patients keep walking away. They have terrible security. They could buy a bunch of handcuffs. This movie feels manufactured and should be more thrilling.
This reveals too much too early. Myrick shows his hand so quickly that the story has only one or two surprises. This could have been great paranoid thriller action for the first half but I'm simply waiting for Gene Hackman to connect the two dots. I'm not sure Hare and Burke make sense. They need to act heavier as the threatening muscle. I also don't understand how these patients keep walking away. They have terrible security. They could buy a bunch of handcuffs. This movie feels manufactured and should be more thrilling.