The Donor

The Donor is a 1995 Canadian medical thriller film produced and directed by Damian Lee, starring Jeff Wincott and Michelle Johnson.

While on a bungee jumping trip, he gets drunk with his friends Mike and Eric at a bar, where he notices an attractive female customer being harassed by another patron.

Castle promptly disables the man, which leads to a conversation, and ultimately a sexual encounter, with the woman, who claims to be from Norway and named Angel.

The conversation is cut short by resident doctor Lucy Flynn, who examines the wound and reveals matter-of-factly that the nephrectomy has been performed by a skilled professional.

Castle visits the small town's liquor stores to trace buyers of the Champagne bottle given to Nordhoff, and finds a past customer with a credit card to the name of Dr. Armand Perris.

Although he was initially reluctant to seek psychiatric help, Castle has seen both his hedonistic lifestyle drastically altered by his rehabilitation, and agrees to meet with a support group recommended by Flynn and headed by assault survivor Cassie.

At the March 1994 American Film Market, The Donor was announced with Andrew Stevens, a frequent collaborator of executive producer Ashok Amritraj, attached to direct, and Sasha Mitchell slated to star.

[4] The BBC's Radio Times gave a moderately positive assessment of the film, opining: "In this flawed yet intriguing thriller, [Wincott] gets the chance to flex something other than his muscles [...] The story stretches credibility, but director Damian Lee powers the action in robust fashion.

[10] Blockbuster Entertainment's Guide to Movies and Videos was also unimpressed, and dismissed The Donor as an "ineffective thriller with an unconvincing series of last-reel twists".