From the perspective of the human guinea pigs, "The Wrong Bed: Naked Pursuit" does not place in a favorable light clinical studies for experimental drugs. In fact, it is a harrowing ordeal for Owen Michaels and Stella Williams
In the opening of the film, Owen and Stella find themselves handcuffed in a king size bed at the Pinewood Park hotel. They have no memory of how they got there and what transpired the previous evening. Slowly, the memories come back that the couple had volunteered their services for the testing of a new drug related to sleep disorders. But the experience turned into a nightmare when they were injected with a different drug that had been banned by the FDA.
In a revealing early scene, Stella had decided at the last minute to back out of the study when she saw the size of the needle and became scared. Stella told the clinical assistant, "You can't keep me here, Larissa!" Yet Larissa continued with administering the injection contrary to the patient's wishes.
Larissa becomes one of the heroines of the film, yet her conduct was arguably verging on a criminal act. The action unfolded in a predictable way with the nefarious Dr. Cooper, insanely jealous of his colleague Dr. Jameson, intentionally wanted to sabotage the sleep study. It didn't help matters that Cooper's wife Emily was having an affair with Jameson.
This by-the-numbers film had a nice symmetry with the business of the handcuffs. On their first night together at Pinewood Park, Owen and Stella had trouble remembering all of the details. But they were clearly making memories together that would extend to eternity as if they were bonded together in handcuffs.
In the opening of the film, Owen and Stella find themselves handcuffed in a king size bed at the Pinewood Park hotel. They have no memory of how they got there and what transpired the previous evening. Slowly, the memories come back that the couple had volunteered their services for the testing of a new drug related to sleep disorders. But the experience turned into a nightmare when they were injected with a different drug that had been banned by the FDA.
In a revealing early scene, Stella had decided at the last minute to back out of the study when she saw the size of the needle and became scared. Stella told the clinical assistant, "You can't keep me here, Larissa!" Yet Larissa continued with administering the injection contrary to the patient's wishes.
Larissa becomes one of the heroines of the film, yet her conduct was arguably verging on a criminal act. The action unfolded in a predictable way with the nefarious Dr. Cooper, insanely jealous of his colleague Dr. Jameson, intentionally wanted to sabotage the sleep study. It didn't help matters that Cooper's wife Emily was having an affair with Jameson.
This by-the-numbers film had a nice symmetry with the business of the handcuffs. On their first night together at Pinewood Park, Owen and Stella had trouble remembering all of the details. But they were clearly making memories together that would extend to eternity as if they were bonded together in handcuffs.