Outbreak (1995)
Genre: Thriller
Duration: 128 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo and Morgan Freeman
IMDb score:
6,6 (145.046)
Releasedate: 10 March 1995
Outbreak plot
"This animal carries a deadly virus... and the greatest medical crisis in the world is about to happen."
A deadly virus makes its way to the United States via an African monkey. It's up to Colonel Sam Daniels to stop the epidemic in a small town that is being completely cordoned off in an attempt to prevent an overreaction from the White House.
Actors and actresses
Sam Daniels
Robby Keough
General Billy Ford
Casey Schuler
Major Salt
General Donald McClintock
Jimbo Scott
Dr. Benjamin Iwabi
Dr. Raswani
Dr. Lisa Aronson
Reviews & comments
martijn011
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- 2034 messages
- 1309 votes
A film with a fairly current topic regarding the Coronavirus that is constantly in the news these days.
The film looks pleasant and also contains a decent star cast. Dustin Hoffman and Kevin Spacey stand out in a positive way, Donald Sutherland was less appealing to me, although that was probably more due to the script than what he tried to make of it.
Towards the end it gets a bit exaggerated in my opinion and it can no longer be called credible. However, especially the beginning of the film is not only good but also interesting to see how people try to fight such a virus.
Enough.
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rcuppen79
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- 717 messages
- 1632 votes
Outbreak is an American action thriller film directed by German director Wolfgang Petersen. It broke through in the 1980s with classics such as Das Boot and The Never Ending Story. There were several outbreaks of the Ebola virus in Africa in the 1990s, which served as the inspiration for the film Outbreak.
In the first half, Outbreak focuses on the suspense as Dustin Hoffman (in his first real action role) races against time to find a cure for the deadliest virus in American history. . This is where the film is most interesting and it is a pity that in the 2nd half it turns out to be a real action film with several spectacular chases. Unfortunately, this does not help credibility.
Still, Outbreak is an entertaining popcorn movie that never gets boring. Dustin Hoffman plays a nice lead role and gets good counterplay from actors like Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman and Cuba Gooding Jr. However, the show is stolen by Donald Sutherland as the ruthless army general who is constantly trying to save his own skin.
As mentioned, Outbreak doesn't rely on its credibility. In 2020 and 2021, the film was more topical than ever, thanks to the outbreak of the Coronavirus. That outbreak, however, shows once again what sheer nonsense this film was, in which epidemiologists have found a cure for a deadly virus in no time. It didn't happen that fast in reality.
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