Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman
Extreme measures are necessary to contain an epidemic of a deadly airborne virus.
DVD Release Date: August 27, 1997
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October 23, 2007This movie was really good until the endish, when it's all government conspiracy garbage. It was cooler just with a virus outbreak.
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October 21, 2007I work in healthcare and thought this movie was a little over the top. That being said it does make you wonder how our goverment would react if there were some sort of epidemic or pandemic?
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October 13, 2007A deadly virus brought in from a monkey from Vietnam threatens a small Californian town the United States. An army doctor and his estranged wife must race against time to find a cure for the strand and save the country. Outbreak is a little bit of humanity mixed with suspense and...( read more)
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August 15, 2007Not a fun epidemic. The movie theatre disease spread is terrifying. Keep away!
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November 2, 2009good amount of suspense, sideplots are a bore, and the screenplay at times is absymal; catch the part where dustin hoffman says "they want their weapon" a billion times.
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Critic Reviews
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
January 1, 2000
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
This is a picture good enough to make you want to go to the movies and frightening enough to make you wonder if you should avoid the crowds. full review
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April 19, 2007I first saw this movie when I was 8, while over at my mother's friend's house, otherwise, I never would have seen it. But, aside from the language, it's a good, gripping flick, and it inspired a childhood dream to become a Microbiologist. I'm still going into healthcare, so that works.
Was anybody else freaked out by the monkey?
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