History YMMV / ExtremeMeasures

* DesignatedVillain: Myrick.

* FridgeLogic: One of the justifications Myrick gives to Luthan during their final confrontation is that growth factors code to species, thus experimenting on mice, then dogs and then monkeys would be a big waste of time and energy. One can think that he is just ignoring the benefits of experimenting on animals for the sake of speeding up his research. But then one must think that Myrick has created an organization to abduct humans to use them as guinea pigs, therefore is almost certain that he had no qualms in experimenting -for example- directly on dogs and monkeys from the start, ignoring protocols and related times. The point is that if he says that experimenting on animals is useless in that case, it's certainly so, because he almost surely has tried it already, without caring too much about protocols. And following protocols means only to waste 5-10 more years before facing the fact that painful and deadly experiments on humans (hopefully willing ones, though) will be needed.

* {{Tearjerker}}: When the secretary starts bawling upon seeing that Dr. Myrick has been shot. The woman has been paralyzed for 12 years and for all she knows, she's seeing her only hope at walking again fade away right in front of her.

* FridgeLogic: One of the justifications Myrick gives to Luthan during their final confrontation is that regenerating factors are different for different species, thus experimenting on mice, then dogs and then monkeys would be a big waste of time and energy. One can think that he is just ignoring the benefits of experimenting on animals for the sake of speeding up his research. But then one must think that Myrick has created an organization to abduct humans to use them as guinea pigs, therefore is almost certain that he had no qualms in experimenting -for example- directly on dogs and monkeys from the start, ignoring protocols and related times. The point is that if he says that experimenting on animals is useless in that case, it's certainly so, because he almost surely has tried it already, without caring too much about protocols. And following protocols means only to waste 5-10 more years before facing the fact that painful and deadly experiments on humans (hopefully willing ones, though) will be needed.

* NightmareFuel: Plenty. Don't watch the subway scenes if you're claustrophobic. And that whole sequence, which inevitably ends with someone being run over a train is probably one of the deepest fears of any city dweller. Then there's the bit where Guy is trapped in the hospital told that he's paralyzed from the neck down. It's already a terrifying prospect, even more so when he learns that he's NOT paralyzed (his condition is simulated via powerful drugs) and isn't in a real hospital. To think that someone could have the knowledge to do that to someone--and then actually ''do it''. . .

* {{Tearjerker}}: When the secretary starts bawling upon seeing that Dr. Myrick has been shot. The woman has been paralyzed for 12 years and for all she knows, she's seeing her only hope at walking again fade away right in front of her.

* NightmareFuel: Plenty. Don't watch the subway scenes if you're claustrophobic. And that whole sequence, which inevitably ends with someone being run over a train is probably one of the deepest fears of any city dweller. Then there's the bit where Guy is trapped in the hospital told that he's paralyzed from the neck down. It's already a terrifying prospect, even more so when he learns that he's NOT paralyzed (his condition is simulated via powerful drugs) and isn't in a real hospital.