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The best-selling novel by Michael Crichton was faithfully adapted for this taut 1971 thriller, about a team of scientists racing against time to destroy a deadly alien virus that threatens to wipe out...( read more 
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MCT:August 5, 2008I watched this with my Dad (this is more his kind of thing). I might have fallen asleep at the very end, but I did actually find the movie intriguing. A little slow-paced, but interesting.
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MCT:July 19, 2008Second best book adaptation I've ever seen, and the only one of a Michael Chrichton book that's any good.
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MCT:July 10, 2008An alien virus has invanded Earth in this tense thriller epic based on the Michael Chrichton novel. Scientists are trying to prevent the spread of the contageon, but time is running out. Robert Wse is back doing what he does best. (Don't bother with the remake).
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MCT:June 10, 2008
This story is quite thrilling as a novel, but doesnt translate well to screen. The quality story is still there, its just incredibly boring.
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MCT:May 31, 2008
way ahead of its time..a brilliant and intelligent bio-thriller. No cheap thrills here, but taut, tense, mystery that will keep the viewer engrossed till the very end.
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MCT:May 7, 2008
Watched this in school
It was super suspensful and crazy. Especially @ the end of it, when Dr. Stone took 4 minutes and 59 seconds to get a key in a hole. He only had 5 minutes. I wanted 2 slap him, but he made it within one second. Funny stuff. -
MCT:April 29, 2008
A better read. If in the right hands, this might be ripe for a remake, especially amongst todays top apocalyptic thrillers.
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MCT:March 29, 2008It's like if Ben Stein swore he was going to make the most exciting movie possible, he would spew out this crap.
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MCT:March 10, 2008
1971 sci-fi thriller. No computer effects. Good acting and good story. Good adaptation of M Crichton's novel. But 1971 - don't expect it to match what we've become used to in sci-fi, but do expect a reasonably good movie.
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MCT:February 13, 2008The start is very good and sets up a mood of fear and urgency that the rest of the film just lets drop away. The middle section is far too long and a touch dull and only a rather forced ending gets any sort of tension back into the film. All told, this should have been much better given the subject matter but, for all its flaws, it is watchable once ? but to be honest I'd rather reread the book.
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MCT:November 18, 2007
Meticulously paced but strangely engaging tale of a mysterious virus that emerges in a small New Mexico town. Good for a rainy afternoon when you're in a non-spaceship/alien/monster sci-fi mood. I forsee an update/remake in the future, given the contemporary bio-weapon atmosphere in our world.
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MCT:November 13, 2007
If you are into end of the world scenarios, then this one is for you. Michael Crichton's novel is adapted into a pseudo-documentary style thriller as a team of elite scientists rush to prevent the spread of a deadly microbe from outer space. I'm certain this is where Resident Evil's Umbrella Labs were born. Best bit: The extremely tight ending, which cannot fail in drawing you to the edge of your seat.
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MCT:September 21, 2007
This is one of the first movies I remember having seen in my life, but I still can't forget the space horror imagery.
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MCT:September 1, 2007This movie is laughable today. It's very dated, and it shows. It's not worth your time. The acting is so-so, but felt forced (like William Shatner style). The storyline is okay. By today's standards, it appears like a low budget flick.
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MCT:September 1, 2007
This movie is laughable today. It's very dated, and it shows. It's not worth your time. The acting is so-so, but felt forced (like William Shatner style). The storyline is okay. By today's standards, it appears like a low budget flick.
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MCT:June 23, 2007
Okay it was officially a book first but this film has a simple yet effective storyline. A space probe designed to collect samples has landed in a small town and wiped out it's population, their entire blood supply turned to dust. A team of skilled scientists must solve the riddle of the strange alien form before they themselves become prey to it.
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MCT:June 19, 2007Movies about diseases are creepy. This one had me going through sanitary hand wipes faster than Adrian Monk after taking first place in the World Cow Chip Throwing Contest! The science is a little dated, but it still holds up well!!
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MCT:June 14, 2007soo ms.fullerton is all 'i want you to read this book for the project' last year.. but that didnt happen - talk about borrrrrring.
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MCT:June 5, 2007
Based on the Crichton book of the same name (which I haven't read), this is a great techno-thriller. I still love the "buttocks" line.
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MCT:May 23, 2007
This is a solid sci-fi film that has an intriguing premise. The cast were pretty good, the production design is well done and the script is well written in its details. Unfortunately what lets it down is that it's too overlong, the story is somewhat dated and there moments were it became a bit dull. Despite all that it is worth a watch if you are looking for something different in the genre.
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MCT:April 3, 2007
One of the purest specimens of science fiction ever filmed. A must see for all science fiction fans.
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MCT:March 31, 2007
A great rendering of Crichton's vision. Still worth a look today. This is how Sci-fi should be done: intelligently.
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MCT:December 22, 2006
great michael crichton screenplay very inovative... the fx guys who worked on this film say that if they hadnt worked on this film, other films like close encounters and the towering inferno, star trek, 2001, prob wouldnt have happened
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