A few days ago, I introduced you to the sci-fi thriller "Mysterious Beauty Bureau", and its director, Michael Clayton, is very promising.
As a doctor of medicine at Harvard University, he first abandoned medicine to become a best-selling author of science fiction;
Then he entered the film and television circle, both writing and directing, and successively created the grand blueprints of "Westworld" and "Jurassic Park".
Although compared to writing, Michael Clayton's level of directing is far from great.
However, if you encounter the "medical" theme that he is best at, it is quite amazing-
coma
Coma
Susan, played by Jennifer Boudjo, and Mark, played by Michael Douglas, are a doctor couple.
They worked at the Boston Hospital and were equally skilled in medicine.
But Mark is good at dancing with long sleeves and always thinks about how to quickly promote; Susan has little interest in administration and focuses more on treating the sick and saving people.
The concept of the opposite, resulting in the two often talking, the emotional relationship is not as good as it seems.
At one point, Susan's friend accidentally became pregnant and prepared to have an abortion as soon as possible at her suggestion.
For one of the best Hospitals in Boston in the country, such a small operation can be described as a hand-to-hand operation.
Who wants to be in the case of normal signs and operating procedures, the girl fell into a permanent coma and became a vegetative person.
Although the anesthetics of that year did have a very low probability of causing brain death in patients.
But Susan, who blamed herself, still couldn't accept the reality and decided to go through the operation from beginning to end.
Soon she discovered the suspicious point, and the simple abortion surgery actually produced an extra tissue examination.
However, when Susan went to the laboratory to inquire, she was told that this was a hospital policy, and the central computer randomly selected patients for spot checks.
Undeterred, Susan rushed to the computer room where the sense of existence was not very strong, so that the programmer brother could call up all the data.
Don't look at it, don't know, look at it and be shocked.
At Boston Hospital, there were 260 cases of brain death last year.
Among them, there are as many as 10 people like her friend who have been caused by minor surgeries.
Susan told her boyfriend about this surprising discovery, but Mark was "rational" to enlighten her, compared to the size of the hospital, the data of 10 people is quite normal.
Harris, the chief surgeon, was even more motivated, not only confiscating Susan's information, but also forcing her to receive psychological counseling.
After hitting the wall, Susan almost chose to give up...
But at this time, another patient who underwent knee surgery fell into a coma under anesthesia.
The doctor who performed the anesthesia was not an unknown person, but a high-powered head of the anesthesia department, George.
Such an "accident" made Susan once again strengthen her doubts.
She simply threw off her boyfriend, who was obsessed with climbing the relationship, and went alone to meet the expert among experts.
George was clearly outraged by the young doctor's questioning.
He laid out the facts one by one —
In a total of 12 cases, patients were of different ages and genders; doctors and anesthesiologists were different; and even the anesthetics used were different.
So the problem is certainly not with them, but if Susan wants to check the case, there is no door.
Susan, who had a gray nose, had planned to see her friend who was about to be sent to the "Jefferson Sanatorium", but she received the bad news that she was dead.
When chatting with the pathologist (who is in charge of dissecting the corpse), the crowd jokingly talked about the perfect way to cause brain death.
Carbon monoxide poisoning.
Susan suddenly realized that although the 12 cases had nothing in common, they were all performed in operating room 8.
If the oxygen tube is manipulated, then...
She was about to investigate deeply, but suddenly found that someone was following her;
The electrician at the hospital mysteriously asked her to meet in the basement at night.
Not surprisingly, by the time Susan arrived at the meeting as scheduled, the electrician had closed his eyes forever with his secret...
After the police left, Susan, who had expected it, continued to search the basement and found a conduit connecting the carbon monoxide gas tank.
Groping along the catheter, at the end is indeed the accident-prone Operating Room 8...
Penetrating the mystery, she was soon chased by the killer;
Fortunately, Susan was bold and careful, and ventured into the morgue, using a frozen dry corpse to repel the killer who had already been frightened...
Then she habitually returned to Mark's house and told each other all about her latest discoveries, but in her sleep, she overheard her boyfriend talking to the hospital leader on the phone;
Realizing that Mark was no longer trustworthy, Susan quickly ran away overnight and turned to try her luck at the Jefferson Sanatorium where the vegetative people were housed.
Mixed in the visiting procession, Susan was stunned by the scene in front of her——
Hundreds of vegetative people are suspended in mid-air by wires, provided with nutrients by catheters, eliminated bacteria by ultraviolet rays, and monitored by a central computer for signs.
It is really like a plant that has been "carefully cared for" in all directions...
This is designed, on the one hand, to provide better care for the sick, and on the other hand, to save money and reduce the pressure on the welfare of the state and the relatives of the patient.
Susan listened intently to the rhetoric of the person in charge and sneaked into the ventilation duct after the tour.
As employees happily discuss "performance", the truth finally surfaced in its entirety.
A doctor named "George" was responsible for selecting "sources" at Boston hospitals, using carbon monoxide to turn them into vegetative people and send them here.
Then through the hands of nursing homes, their healthy organs are sold to global buyers at high prices...
Susan expected that this person must be George, the director of the anesthesia department, and rushed back to the hospital to report the situation to her superiors.
Harris was equally shocked when he heard this, and couldn't help but take out the whiskey and share a drink with Susan.
However, after the glass of wine, Susan's vision began to blur.
Before she lost consciousness, she saw that Harris's name was also George...
Yes, Susan's most admired predecessor is the real culprit behind the scenes.
Unfortunately, she was unable to resist and was sent to the operating table in the name of acute cecalitis.
Harris, who vowed to turn the nosy Susan into a "plant" in captivity in a sanatorium.
Fortunately, although Mark is in a hurry, he can still carry it clearly in black and white.
Seeing that his girlfriend suddenly needed surgery, he finally realized the seriousness of the matter.
Before Harris could press the switch, the carbon monoxide catheter was destroyed.
As a result, Harris in operating room 8 can only watch Susan wake up from the anesthesia;
And in front of the police who came to tie their hands and grab...
The author-oriented film, the capacity is indeed extraordinary.
Medical malpractice, the brain death paradox, women's equal rights and other topics are covered;
The thrilling spectacle in the nursing home is still shocking to this day.
As one of the earliest horror and science fiction masterpieces introduced into China, "Coma" is indeed worthy of frequent revisiting