Bland film that had some potential (unfortuantely unrealized)
1. I notice that Orlando Bloom was one of the producers of this film. Note to Orlando: don't quit your day job. In support of that recommendation, please be aware that the film cost a measly $6 million to make, and sold only a little over $5,000 in tickets at the box office. I'm not making that up. It was only in theaters for a whopping 7 days.2. Oops...I thought Orlando was handsome. Apparently it depends on his haircut.
3. The first half hour of the film drags along at a very boring pace. Yes, I know, in a suspense film (even one that takes place in a hospital) you have to build toward a climax. But my recent kidney surgery was more exciting than the first half of this film.
4. Orlando Bloom can act, and he does rather well here as a boring young hospital doctor who pervertedly decides to keep a patient close to him by finagling her medicines...until she dies. The good news is, this is where the film finally begins to get a tad bit interesting. An orderly (played well -- but slightly creepily -- by Michael Pena) blackmails our doctor for a steady supply of drugs. So what is the GOOD DOCTOR to do...but murder him through poison.
5. No one in this cast really stands out. Bloom is pretty good, as is Pena. Taraji Henson, as a nurse, show promise. But this film feels like the actors are just muddling through. I really can't recommend it.
score 4/10
vincentlynch-moonoi 18 July 2013
Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw2834331/35959
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