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Line 1: {{~~trope~~work}} ''Extreme Measures'' is a 1996 thriller film based on Michael Palmer's 1991 novel of the same name, about the ethics of how far we are willing to go, and how much we are willing to sacrifice, in order to cure the world's ills. Line 6: The film also features [[Sarah Jessica Parker]] as Jodie Trammel, nurse and trusted colleague of Guy. ---- {{tropelist}} ~~=== ''Extreme Measures'' contains examples of: ===~~ * [[Anti-Villain]]: Myrick. Line 24: * [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate]]: It's not that he want's to be evil, but he's getting on his years and really wants work on his research, for the benefit of humankind. * [[Motive Rant]]: {{quote\| '''Myrick:''' People die every day. And for what? For nothing. What do we do? What do you do? You take care of the ones you think you can save. Good doctors do the correct thing. Great doctors have the guts to do the right thing. Your father had those guts.}} * [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: {{spoiler\|Hare accidentally killing Myrick.}} * [[The Needs of the Many]]: Myrick's motivation -- or excuse. Line 30: * [[Science Marches On]]: Albeit too slowly. See [[Mohs Scale of Sci Fi Hardness]] and [[Harsher in Hindsight]]. * [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: {{quote\| '''Luthan:''' Those men upstairs, maybe there isn't much point to their lives. Maybe they are doing a great thing for the world. Maybe they are heroes. But they didn't choose to be. You chose for them. You didn't choose your wife or your granddaughter, you didn't ask for volunteers. You chose for them. And you can't do that, because you're a doctor, and you took an oath, and you're not God. So I don't care, I don't care if you can do what you say you can. I don't care if you find a cure for every disease on the planet! You tortured and murdered those men upstairs, and that makes you a disgrace to your profession! And I hope you go to jail for the rest of your life.}} * [[The Social Darwinist]]: Myrick. * [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]: Played with. It's not like he's trying to take over the world, he just doesn't want to be bound by pesky human experimentation protocols. Line 40: [[Category:Films of the 1990s]] [[Category:Extreme Measures]] [[Category:Film]]