Life is scraped off the sidewalk like dog dirt. The best drug in the world. Right now, he's forgotten the feeling. The movie resembles E.R. on speed. The hospital where Frank takes the bodies is like a war zone.
Chaos breeds confusion and fear.
Frank is falling into an abyss. The soundtrack is fierce, the street scenes anarchic, the performances wired. John Goodman, Ving Rhames and Tom Sizemore play Frank's partners in the ambulance, each on a separate shift, each a little crazier than the one before. Patricia Arquette offers a smidgen of softness in this violent place. As the heart patient's daughter, she recognises in Frank a good man going down.