BRINGING OUT THE DEAD (1999)

Any call can be murder, any stop can be suicide, any night can be the last.

Returning to the ominous New York streets they first explored in "Taxi Driver," director Martin Scorsese and scripter Paul Schrader offer a compelling, emotional look at the life-and-death dealings of an ambulance crew. Nicolas Cage is burned-out veteran paramedic Frank Pierce, haunted by several recent cases he failed to save, who finds solace with ex-junkie Mary Burke (Patricia Arquette), the daughter of a cardiac patient he rescued.