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A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col. Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House.
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Aug 20237/10
I found this a far better disaster-scenario movie then most, as Dustin Hoffman plays a military doctor on the hunt for the source of a lethal virus that could potentially eradicate life in the USA in a matter of days. Hoffman has to convince his boss - Morgan Freeman and his boss Donald Sutherland that he is up to the job and after a few false leads is soon on the trail of an African monkey that may hold the solution. Denied sufficient resource from the Army, he enlists the help of ex-wife (and expert in disease control Rene Russo) to help him grapple with his predicament.The story is tautly delivered with Sutherland rather good as the slightly unhinged general whose almost "nuke 'em" strategy leads for an uncomfortably strained relationship with the scientist. There is a smattering of plausible science and plenty of action - Cuba Gooding Jr. is his sort of "Mr. T" sidekick and Kevin Spacey and Patrick Dempsey add a bit of collateral too. Given the April 2020 Covid-19 situation, "Outbreak" has an added poignancy as to just how simply these things could occur!
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***Scarier than any horror flick — and ultra-suspenseful*** After a deadly incurable African virus is brought to a Northern California coastal town via a monkey the military moves in to quarantine the village. While Dustin Hoffman seeks to find an antidote, the two generals in charge of the quarantine (Morgan Freeman & Donald Sutherland) strangely decide to annihilate the town. Can Hoffman find a cure in time? And, even if he does, can he stop the firebombing? Wolfgang Petersen's "Outbreak" (1995) is an outstanding drama/thriller, which I suppose you could designate as a disaster flick. Although viruses are so small they're invisible, they have the potential to be the biggest monsters of all. Certain deadly viruses, if let loose, can wipe out an entire town in a couple days. This is the scenario in "Outbreak." It COULD happen and is therefore realistic, which naturally makes the story more horrifying than most horror flicks or monster movies. But "Outbreak" is more than just a scary what-if story, the second half involves a military cover-up and is edge-of-your-seat suspenseful, all the way to the final minutes. It's like an avalanche that slowly builds momentum. Cuba Gooding Jr. i
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Cast
- Dustin HoffmanSam Daniels
- Rene RussoRobby Keough
- Morgan FreemanGeneral Billy Ford
- Kevin SpaceyCasey Schuler
- Cuba Gooding Jr.Major Salt
- Donald SutherlandGeneral Donald McClintock
- Patrick DempseyJimbo Scott
- Zakes MokaeDr. Benjamin Iwabi
- Malick BowensDr. Raswani
- Susan Lee HoffmanDr. Lisa Aronson
Crew
- Wolfgang PetersenDirector
- Robert Roy PoolScreenplay
- Laurence DworetScreenplay
- Michael BallhausDirector of Photography
- James Newton HowardOriginal Music Composer
- Neil TravisEditor
- Lynzee KlingmanEditor
- William HoyEditor
- Arnold KopelsonProducer
- Wolfgang PetersenProducer
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