Da un racconto di William Gibson che l'ha anche sceneggiato. Nel 2021, un corriere elettronico che nel cervello ha un microchip zeppo di dati preziosi e segreti è braccato dai sicari di una potenza multinazionale farmaceutica. Si rifugia in una comunità di hackers ribelli. Quest'ultima parte è la più suggestiva di un film dove l'apparato figurativo schiaccia quello narrativo e l'azione violenta mortifica il disegno dei personaggi. L'occhio gode, l'intelligenza meno. Delusi i pochi fans di M. Gibson, ma un po' anche quelli, più numerosi, di K. Reeves.

Kenia. Justin Quayle, capo dell'Alto Commissariato Britannico e appassionato giardiniere nel tempo libero, apprende che la moglie Tessa, durante un viaggio di lavoro, è rimasta uccisa in mezzo al deserto, mentre il suo accompagnatore Arnold Bluhm, medico presso le popolazioni del luogo, sembra scomparso. Forse erano amanti, lui l'ha ammazzata ed è scappato. Justin ricorda il loro primo incontro, i momenti di intimità, la dedizione della moglie per il suo lavoro nel quale non ha mai voluto coinvolgerlo, e anche la perdita di loro figlio, morto durante il parto.Quando riceve una perquisizione della polizia a casa sua, e Justin rinviene poi una strana lettera a nome del collega diplomatico Sandy Woodrow, Justin inizia ad insospettirsi. Da un soggetto di John Le Carrè "Il giardiniere tenace"

La vita di Margaret è in ordine. È capace, disciplinata e di successo. È tutto sotto controllo. Cioè, fino al ritorno di David, portando con sé gli orrori del passato di lei.

Un procuratore, accusato di vari crimini, dovrà riuscire a salvaguardare la propria reputazione mentre la polizia gli da la caccia.

People binge eat and suffer from extreme thirst, which leads them to go crazy for water. They cannot control themselves because they are brainwashed by a parasite.

Extraordinary behind-the-scenes access reveals a drug company's fevered race to develop the first FDA-approved Viagra for women - and offers a humorous but sobering look inside the cash-fueled pharmaceutical industry.

An upright Ayurveda practitioner is hounded by big pharma giants for his age-old formula called Vajra Kawach that cures everything from pimples to impotency. But how long can he keep this magic pill only for the poor?

The murder of the ex-wife of Doctor Sam Charney (Rutger Hauer) leads Detective Della Wilder (Pam Grier) to uncover a series of women's murders somehow linked to a big pharmaceutical company.

About the insane personal and professional lives of five pharmaceutical sales reps and their conniving manager.

Bruno (Claudio Santamaria) è arrivato alle porte dei quarant'anni e lavora come informatore medico in un'azienda che sta attraversando un periodo di crisi. Di fronte alla previsione di alcuni tagli al personale, ogni venditore di medicine viene tenuto sotto stretta osservazione da un rigido capo area (Isabella Ferrari) per decidere chi di loro continuerà a conservare il posto di lavoro e chi no. (filmtv.it)

Shot over the course of 18 months in New York City's Lower East Side, METHADONIA sheds light on the inherent flaws of legal methadone treatments for heroin addiction by profiling eight addicts, in various stages of recovery and relapse, who attend the New York Center for Addiction Treatment Services (NYCATS).

One in five Americans is taking a psychiatric drug, including millions of children. Pharmaceutical companies have over-hyped the benefits of these drugs, while hiding the risks and severe side effects including physiological dependence. "Medicating Normal" explores what happens when for- profit medicine intersects with human beings in distress.

Narrator and director Michael Schaap's confessional style and general goofiness bring levity to an awkward topic: "erectile dysfunction" and the little blue pill that treats it.

Through the eyes of a young girl suffering from mental illness, 'Caldera' glimpses into a world of psychosis and explores a world of ambiguous reality and the nature of life and death.

Interviews with former drug dealers, over-prescribing doctors and DEA agents uncover a shocking truth of the pharmaceutical industry’s plan to target opioid sales to an impoverished community.

Freedom From Choice explores the endless layers of backroom dealing that is the US lobbying industry. Through a series of thought-provoking interviews, experts from numerous industries explain in simple terms how the political 'revolving door' creates unfair regulations which affect their industry. Supplemented by recent news clips and archival footage, the experts paint a startling picture of the overregulation of modern American life.

A man takes a job testing an new drug that eliminates pain, with bloody results. Early short film by Chris Gore

The Suspicious centers around a mysterious pharmaceutical company and its new drug that cures insomnia. The owner Li attempts to sell his company to a Japanese businessman, but the businessman only has eyes on the formula of his new drug. Joe portrays An Qi’er, a senior secretary who strikes an ambiguous relationship with Lin Yitai, an insomniac general sales manager at the pharmaceutical company. Portraying an extremely cold, evil and manipulative character, Joe said she has finally fulfilled her wish to portray a completely different character from past roles.

Life is about choice. What we eat, what we read, who we elect; every day we make choices that determine how we want to live.

But what if these choices are just an illusion?

In an era where regulations and red tape rule every industry, where lobby groups and big businesses wield more influence than ever before, our daily choices have become increasingly limited. And with all our options so deliberately handpicked, are we really making a choice at all?

Freedom From Choice examines the current state of life and personal choice today. Experts from many different fields offer a frank and startling look at the hidden limitations in our daily lives. Focusing on key areas such as food, medicine, finance, and media, Freedom From Choice provides viewers with a glimpse at the myriad of ways their lives are being dictated and tells us who stands to gain.

In the last 10 years, the landscape of the pharmaceutical industry has changed. A handful of multinationals control the manufacture of most of the drugs.