The Andromeda Strain

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Plot: 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  read more... ) life on Earth. As usual with any Crichton-based movie, the emphasis is on an exciting clash between nature and science, beginning when virologists discover the outer-space virus in a tiny town full of corpses. Projecting total contamination, the scientists isolate the deadly strain in a massive, high-tech underground lab facility, which is rigged for nuclear destruction if the virus is not successfully controlled. The movie spends a great deal of time covering the scientific procedures of the high-pressure investigation, and the rising tensions between scientists who have been forced to work in claustrophobic conditions. It's all very fascinating if you're interested in scientific method and technological advances, although the film is obviously dated in many of its details. It's more effective as a thriller in which tension is derived not only from the deadly threat of the virus, but from the escalating fear and anxiety among the small group of people who've been assigned to save the human race. The basic premise is still captivating; it's easy to see how this became the foundation of Crichton's science-thriller empire. --Jeff Shannon

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  • harrycaul
    harrycaul
    3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    October 3, 2007
    An intelligent sci-fi thriller which manages to be exciting despite very little incident. A touch overlong and lacking an A-list cast, it's still one of Robert Wise's best late efforts.
  • YosemiteSamFan
    YosemiteSamFan
    2.0 Stars
    MCT:
    August 15, 2007
    Very scientific and sterile. Not too exciting. I wouldn't want to be there.
  • Tysons1
    Tysons1
    3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    May 11, 2007
    Much more boring than the novel. I didn't find it as exciting and mind-lifting as the book.
  • garyX
    garyX
    3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    December 12, 2006
    The kind of sci-fi they just don't make any more. No explosions, no car chases, no death rays. Just a group of scientists in a tense environment with a backdrop of scientific "realism". Some striking images and well handled suspense, but many will find it a little sterile and uneventful.
  • SexiVixxEN
    SexiVixxEN
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    May 26, 2008
    Interested
  • malacaynomuerto
    malacaynomuerto
    4.0 Stars
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    November 17, 2008
    una película de invasión espacial esta vez no son hombrecillos o robots si no un microorganismo que se puede decir que se alimenta de casi cualquier cosa y muta constantemente un grupo de científicos deben encontrar la cura en un laboratorio cinco pisos bajo tierra que es sencillamente brutal.
    Los planos aéreos del pueblo infectado me gustan muchooo!!

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