Show Files X X- X Files Files' Duchovny Hits the Big Screen By Susie Burgess A E editor co-editor David Duchovny plays Dr Eugene Sands in the new movie Playing God Eugene loses his medical license after performing an operation on a patient while high on drugs The most important thing in Eugenes Eugene's life is saving the lives of others When criminal Raymond Blossom Timothy Hutton offers Eugene the chance to be a doctor again he cannot pass it up Raymond hires Eugene to be his gunshot doc doc- tor treating criminals who can not risk going to a hospital Eugene begins to get deeper and deeper into the underworld getting tangled in Raymonds Raymond's risky busi busi- ness Eugene finds out just how dangerous dangerous dangerous dan dan- Raymond can be when he gets too close to the criminals criminal's seductive girlfriend Claire Claire Angelina Jolie loves the action and adventure that Raymonds Raymond's lifestyle gives her But she is drawn to Eugene when she discovers what Raymond cant can't give her her her-a a real life The main plot in Playing God is how a good guy makes a wrong choice and then tries to find his way out of it However the story takes a wild twist when Eugene finds himself himself himself him him- self creating a love triangle The twists and turns in this movie balance out perfectly creating a suspense suspense suspense sus sus- pense that grabs your attention and keeps it The actors were really good and fit their parts very well The movie created the feel of how it is living in inthe inthe inthe the underworld There are a lot of good characters in this movie They are not your typical typical typical ical characters however Eugene is a good guy with a conflicting value 4 v tw-r tw o j ji rv w i fi A 4 A 16 f. f ff I w y C t f r oJ q It 1 I c. c t l 1 r r i i A Photo by Richard Cartwright David Duchovny stars as Dr Eugene Sands who is lured deep into the underworld I d system When Raymond suggests to Eugene that he should embrace his criminal self Claire nonchalantly says Maybe he does not have a criminal self Jolie's character Claire is not your typical damsel in distress She is both innocent and evil giving her hera a mysterious air Then there is Raymond the cool criminal with an attitude He represents represents represents pure evil but he contradicts this when we find out that he would do anything for Claire i This is a really good movie if yo you like action and suspense In my opinion opinion opinion ion the violence got a little out of hand although it was almost necessary necessary necessary sary to create the feel for what was going on The language was really bad the f word is used 74 times Overall I really enjoyed it and it does have a good message at the end I would recommend it but be prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared to see a lot of blood and vio vio- lence f. f u J j yi y- y Y YI i J g c r y r 7 C U v i r rM rf I 4 j t A. A i M f ofa r t N a s da J t ff It F i 1 h i t Y 1 l w t k 1 i it f t N Y 0 r h 9 Ya i x 4 jJ r t f fr II JYo J- J i 1 Yo w h b Y o r s 1 J r t L t q d 1 pj p.- p. j 1 V W tt do Photo by Richard Cartwright Dr Sands Duchovny right is hired as a gunshot doctor s. s s. s 1 i |