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Playing God (1997)

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Reviews Counted:27

Fresh:4

Rotten:23

Average Rating:4.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Drug-addled former surgeon Eugene Sands, languishing on skid row, attracts the attention of an underworld kingpin after performing impromptu surgery on a gunshot victim with bartender's utensils.... Drug-addled former surgeon Eugene Sands, languishing on skid row, attracts the attention of an underworld kingpin after performing impromptu surgery on a gunshot victim with bartender's utensils. Thereafter, Sands unwillingly becomes the kingpin's emergency medic of choice and soon finds himself over his head--and dangerously in love with the big boss' beautiful girlfriend. [More]

Starring: David Duchovny, Timothy Hutton, Angelina Jolie, Michael Massee

Starring: David Duchovny, Timothy Hutton, Angelina Jolie, Michael Massee, Peter Stormare, Andrew Tiernan, Gary Dourdan, John Hawkes, Will Foster Stewart, Philip Moon, Pavel D. Lynchnikoff, Sandra Kinder, Bill Rosier, Keone Young, Eric Da Re, Gareth Williams, Teo, Tracey Walter, Max Lazar, Frank Ensign, Bob A. Jennings, Ross Kettle, John Roselius, Damon White, Dan Hildebrand, J.P. Jones, Jerry Sloan, Alphonse V. Walter, Melvin Jones, Mara Duronslet, Ernest Garcia, Alex Desert, Sarah Stavrou, Jesse Perez, Daniel Rey Silvas, Michael Chong, Stella Garcia, Guy Siner, Al Ahlf

Director: Andy Wilson

Director: Andy Wilson
Screenwriter: Mark Haskell Smith
Producer: Marc Abraham, Laura Bickford
Composer: Richard Hartley

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Jun 16, 1998

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  • Playing God
  • It's high-voltage thrills as hot X-FILES star David Duchovny and new big-screen bad boy Timothy Hutton (BEAUTIFUL GIRLS) square off in an edgy confrontation where the stakes are high ... and the action is deadly! Duchovny plays Dr. Eugene Sands, an ex-surgeon lured into a dark underworld by a hip -- but lethal -- mob boss (Hutton) in need of some unorthodox medical assistance. Before long, Sands is "playing God" -- caught in a web of murder and mayhem, and growing far too close to the mobster's seductive mistress, played by sexy Angelina Jolie (GONE IN 60 SECONDS). It's a potent action thriller where passion and deception meet in a battle between good and evil!
  • Source: Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
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    Jarring and unpleasantly woozy.

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    Another boring Pulp Fiction derivative — a copy of a copy of a copy.

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    If you watch closely, you can spot the exact moment that David Duchovny's career ended.

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