Review of Playing God (1997) by Paul D — 26 Jan 2009
A great story ruined by appaling direction and script but saved by wonderful acting performances. This was David Duchovny's big movie-lead break following TV's 'The X-Files'. He plays a doctor who now works for criminals as his license was revoked while being too high while performing medical procedures.
Timothy Hutton is wonderful as the main villain, really relishing and giving us a fun performance. Angelina Jolie also does her thing and looks very good (much before the days of the plastic surgeon).
We also get to see the highly underrated Sweedish actor Peter Stormare in an early role. I was reminded a lot of a 1980s action movie with great car chases. Too bad we were not rewarded with a final hand-to-hand fight between Hutton and Duchovny.
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This review of Playing God (1997) was written by Paul D on 26 Jan 2009.
Playing God has generally received mixed reviews.
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