5.7
“Try to remain calm.”
Outbreak (1995)
March 10, 19952h 9mEN
6.6
2.5K votes
Overview
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.
Director
Wolfgang PetersenWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$50.0M
Revenue
$189.9M
Production Companies
Kopelson EntertainmentArnold Kopelson ProductionsPunch ProductionsWarner Bros. Pictures
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User Reviews
Wuchak
8.0***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…
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CinemaSerf
7.0I 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 d…
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