Playing God
1997 · Movie · R · 94 min · ★ 5.5 · 18% critics
After losing his medical license for operating while under the influence, a once-celebrated Los Angeles surgeon drifts into addiction and desperation. When he saves a wounded criminal, he’s recruited as an off-the-books doctor for a counterfeiting crew, pulling him deeper into danger, moral compromise, and a risky attraction within the gang.
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Details
- Years
- 1997
- Release date
- 1997-10-17
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Critic score
- 18/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.5/10 (126 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like gritty, pulp-leaning crime thrillers about a fallen professional pulled into the underworld, with messy romance and violence; Not for you if you need tight plotting and steady tension like Sugar Hill.
Pros: pulpy crime premise; occasional dark humor; some entertaining moments | Cons: uneven pacing; clichéd plotting; divisive performances
Themes
- fbi
- drug addiction
- gang war
- surgeon
- los angeles, california
- drugs
Cast & crew
David Duchovny
as Dr. Eugene Sands
Timothy Hutton
as Raymond Blossom
Angelina Jolie
as Claire
Michael Massee
as Gage
Stacey Travis
as Nurse
Bob Jennings
as Dr. Clifford
Peter Stormare
as Vladimir
John Hawkes
as Flick
Tracey Walter
as Jim
Andrew Tiernan
as Cyril
Directed by Andy Wilson