For his jump from TV stardom to the big screen, X-Fi ler David Duchovny picked a nifty, tight and unusual crime thriller. Because we're not sure if the star will live to the final credits. And because the hero of this dandy little picture is interested in saving lives, not taking them. He was so good he considered himself godlike, capable of saving lives no one else could save. A patient died, and the inquiry showed Sands was on drugs during the operation.
Sands is now a moderate-habit junkie.
He takes artificial heroin daily, but he can still pass as a straight, clean guy. He deeply misses being a surgeon. He's in a bar when the stranger standing next to him is shot full of holes. Sands goes to the man's aid and brilliantly saves his life in a scene that's probably medically absurd but sure clicks cinematically. He lets Blossom's actions speak for themselves.