Den utbrände ambulanssjukvårdaren Frank Pierce genomlider tre hetsiga skift i New Yorks "Hell's kitchen" - en kuslig stadsdel där skrikande sirener och blinkande blåljus är vardag.
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Scott Rudin Productions, Touchstone Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Cappa/De Fina Productions, Scott Rudin
- Nyckelord: dying and death, new york city, coma, based on novel or book, ambulance, drug addiction, night life, hallucination, ambulance man, alcoholism, road trip, teacher, hospital, drugs, illegal prostitution, euthanasia
- Kasta: Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman, Ving Rhames, Tom Sizemore, Marc Anthony