![]() ![]() Very slow moving and boring to tell the truth. As for the acting it was okay but the story had more plot holes than Carter had little liver pills. But most, actually help sick people, a fact that was lost on the producers of this one sided propaganda film. Yes, some drugs I'm certain have side effects. In order to perfect a drug it must be tried somewhere before obtaining FDA approval is it not? So what we are doing is providing our drugs for FREE to third world nations and monitoring its effects. ![]() It is no different that the world's soldiers who actually get killed fighting are poor people from around the world. Excuse me but are we suggesting that these pharmaceutical companies actually knowingly kill innocent people purposely? Of course not. Instead, I was treated to a very slow developing poltical statement against the big drug corporations who test medicines in the third world nations in Africa. Excuse me but are we suggesting that The reason for the zero is that I went to the theater expecting to see somthing spectacular. ![]() ![]() The reason for the zero is that I went to the theater expecting to see somthing spectacular. ![]()
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