Review: The Physician (2013)

I'm still sensitive after watching Kill Bill earlier so this movie really felt like another Orientalist fantasy to me. The main character, Rob Cole, goes to the Middle East, learns their craft and overtakes them, becomes the greatest among them.

So in general, this felt like a rather generic story. Not that charming to me, and despite its setting in the Middle East, it still felt extremely Anglo to me.

Spoilers.

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