A true-story hostage thriller where the villain thinks he's the victim—messy, tense, and uncomfortably relevant.
A man (Rick Worthington) assaults the Alta Vista Hospital taking four women, a man and two babies as hostages. He wants to kill Dr. Garrick, who, according to Worthington, ruined his life sterilizing his wife. He threatens to detonate a bomb. Based on a true story.
Acting
Harry Hamlin's terrifyingly plausible descent into self-righteous rage.
Direction
Peter Levin squeezes dread from fluorescent-lit hospital corridors.
Director
Peter Levin
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