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Outbreak (1995)
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Reviews Counted:40
Fresh:23
Rotten:17
Average Rating:5.6/10
Synopsis: In director Wolfgang Petersen's fast-paced, intelligently written thriller, Dustin Hoffman plays Col. Sam Daniels, an expert on infectious diseases who is called in to study the outbreak of a... In director Wolfgang Petersen's fast-paced, intelligently written thriller, Dustin Hoffman plays Col. Sam Daniels, an expert on infectious diseases who is called in to study the outbreak of a deadly illness in Zaire. He finds a virus that spreads so quickly it could wipe out an entire nation in just a few weeks, and he believes that it might have spread to the United States. With the help of his ex-wife (Rene Russo), who works at the Centers for Disease Control, Daniels tracks the virus to the quiet seaside town of Cedar Creek, California. His superiors' reticence to help begins to raise questions in Daniels's mind, and he must find a cure before a panicky U.S. army general decides to kill the town's populace in order to save the world. The all-star cast includes Hoffman, Russo, Kevin Spacey, Donald Sutherland, Morgan Freeman, and Cuba Gooding, Jr. [More]
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Donald Sutherland, Kevin Spacey
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Donald Sutherland, Kevin Spacey, Morgan Freeman, Cuba Gooding
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Reviews for Outbreak
Contemporary paranoias always make for interesting film studies, even when the movie is as stolid and unremarkable as this one.
Scary movie with realistic portrayal of disease. Hollywood happy ending, but very well done action chases, so it works.
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