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Michelle Yeoh Takes on Action Thriller Role in 'The Surgeon
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In Short: In 'The Surgeon,' Michelle Yeoh stars as a retired surgeon forced to perform surgery on a gangster, delivering a thrilling and graphically violent thriller.
Michelle Yeoh takes on a leading role in 'The Surgeon,' a tight 92-minute action thriller that showcases her martial arts skills in a new and exciting way. The film, directed by Roshan Sethi, a practicing physician and filmmaker, casts Yeoh as a retired surgeon who is kidnapped and coerced into operating on a criminal gang's leader.
Sethi's film is praised for its unique blend of medical expertise and action, with Yeoh's character using her surgical skills to manipulate the gangsters' mobility in delightfully paralyzing ways. The movie is described as a throwback to Yeoh's earlier action roles, offering a kick-ass performance that is both fun and graphically violent.
According to reports, Yeoh's martial arts background is on full display, making 'The Surgeon' a thrilling experience for fans of the genre. The film is noted for its inventive gore moments and its ability to depict the horror of surgical procedures when performed on unwilling subjects.
The movie is part of Yeoh's return to action roles, following her Best Actress Oscar win for 'Everything Everywhere All at Once.' While she may not break out in kung fu, her performance is described as one of the more exciting films seen at the Toronto International Film Festival this year, showcasing her versatility as an actress.
What's confirmed
- Michelle Yeoh takes on a leading role in 'The Surgeon,' a tight 92-minute action thriller that showcases her martial arts skills in a new and exciting way. The film, directed by Roshan Sethi, a practicing physician and filmmaker, casts Yeoh as a retired surgeon who is kidnapped and coerced into operating on a criminal gang's leader.
- Sethi's film is praised for its unique blend of medical expertise and action, with Yeoh's character using her surgical skills to manipulate the gangsters' mobility in delightfully paralyzing ways. The movie is described as a throwback to Yeoh's earlier action roles, offering a kick-ass performance that is both fun and graphically violent.
- According to reports, Yeoh's martial arts background is on full display, making 'The Surgeon' a thrilling experience for fans of the genre. The film is noted for its inventive gore moments and its ability to depict the horror of surgical procedures when performed on unwilling subjects.
- The movie is part of Yeoh's return to action roles, following her Best Actress Oscar win for 'Everything Everywhere All at Once.' While she may not break out in kung fu, her performance is described as one of the more exciting films seen at the Toronto International Film Festival this year, showcasing her versatility as an actress.
What's still developing
- In the tight 92-minute running time, Sethi shows his own bona fides by making a truly original action flick that may be the most informative trip inside the body since Fantastic Voyage.
- Considering her expertise in martial arts and kick-ass action ( Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for starters), her latest effort in the genre is a lot of fun but not for squeamish stomachs since The Surgeon makes The Pitt look like PAW Patrol.
- Sethi shows a real flair for action, with the medical aspect being a great conceit.
- PLOT: A retired surgeon (Michelle Yeoh) is kidnapped and forced to perform surgery on a ruthless gangster (Martin Freeman).
- REVIEW: It’s funny, but when modern—or at least younger—audiences think of Michelle Yeoh, their minds go to her highbrow fare like Everything Everywhere All at Once, Crazy Rich Asians, and other movies that cast her as kind of a modern grand dame of cinema.
- For me, though, I love Yeoh for other reasons, particularly for her killer run of Hong Kong action flicks, like Royal Warriors and Supercop.
- The Surgeon, which comes from John Wick producers Thunder Road, is a throwback to her rougher fare, with it being a graphically violent thriller that gives her a truly kick-ass action role she seems ideally suited for.
- Now, while one might expect Yeoh to break out the kung fu, that’s not what happens here.