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The vicious cycle of events had started in Motaba River Valley in Zaire. In July 1967, a deadly virus, which caused deaths of tens of people in the Mercenary Camp, was discovered by the army. The doctor of the camp wanted supplies to treat the patients. However, the army officials preferred bombing the camp in an attempt to erase the evidence of the virus's existence along with the potential carriers of the virus. Although, they developed the antiserum, "the E-1101," from a blood sample taken before the bombing, they kept it as a secret to be able to use the virus as a biological weapon.The virus showed up in a village in the same area again. Colonel Sam Daniels (Dustin Hoffman) was sent to the area to take a close look at the incident without being notified about the previous experience in the area. His superiors did not share the information about the previous incident with him. Actually they hid it. When Colonel Daniels and his team arrived at the place of incident, it was too late; the entire village was exterminated by the virus. When they arrived there, Major Salt (Cuba Gooding, Jr.), who had never been in the field before, could not stand the horrible scene that he saw in the village and took off the helmet of his protective suit in an attempt to vomit. By chance, the virus was not airborne and nothing happened to him at the time. After they took their samples, they burned down the village since there was nothing to be saved there.After Colonel Daniels came back to the United States, he recommended his superior Brigadier General Billy Ford (Morgan Freeman) to inform the public about the incident in Zaire believing that they found a new deadly virus which has a 100% mortality rate. However, instead of doing so, Brigadier General Ford reminded him of another two incidents in which Colonel Daniels previously recommended informing the public but happened to be wrong. So the story was not publicized believing that the virus was contained. Then, Major General Donald McClintock (Donald Sutherland) and Brigadier General Ford conducted their own analysis on the sample which was brought by Colonel Daniels. They found that this was the same virus that they had kept as a secret for thirty years. However, they once again wanted to cover the story up instead of sharing the information with Colonel Daniels at least, if not the general public.However, the unexpected happened and the virus found its way to the United States. The virus was carried by a monkey which was smuggled into the United States from Zaire. Jimbo Scott (Patrick Dempsey) took the monkey to a small town called Cedar Creek and tried to sell it there but he couldn't. So Jimbo drove to San Francisco and released the monkey on the way, and then got on an airplane for Boston. At first, it was not airborne and was spread through direct human contact, such as sharing food, sneezing, coughing. Jimbo got sick on the plane, however, as far as I could observe, no one cared, including himself. In Boston, he got off the plane and met his girlfriend. Then, they both got very sick and died at the hospital. Unfortunately, in a short period of time, the deadly virus mutated and began to spread at an epidemic rate killing people in a matter of hours in Cedar Creek. When the local officials understood that they were unable to treat the disease at the time, the United States Army was ordered to contain it within the town by all means necessary. Then, panic occurred in the town since no one informed the public about what the government was doing and would do to cure the disease and the only announcement made was that there was a curfew. A couple of people attempted to go through the cordon established by the army; however, they were stopped by random shooting.Colonel Daniels was constantly threatened by his superiors in order to prevent him from digging out the truth and to protect the secret of the biological weapon. After a while, Brigadier General Ford brought "the E-1011 antibody" at the hospital in Cedar Creek to see whether it was working for the virus or not. Unfortunately, that antibody did not work for the mutated virus. When Colonel Daniels saw "the E-1011 antibody," he quickly understood that his superiors were well aware of the virus all along and had had the solution to solve the problem before it got worse; however, they had simply chosen to keep it as a secret not to disclose the biological weapon.The officials in the White House thought that they could not eliminate the virus and decided to blow up the town to stop it from spreading further since they realized that it would exterminate the entire nation in a matter of days. Although this decision meant sacrificing the lives of all of the people in the town, Major General McClintock put it as "casualties of war." So the top officials started the countdown for exploding the town.According to Colonel Daniels and his team, the solution was to obtain an antibody from "the host" which carries the virus. Colonel Daniels discovered that the carrier of the virus was the monkey. A woman from Palisades called the center and said that she knew where the monkey was after Colonel Daniels broadcasted the description of the monkey and the phone number of the Center for Disease Control through invading the broadcasting studio of the KAEF-TV, in Santa Rosa, California. Then, Colonel Daniels went there and found the monkey. Eventually, Colonel Daniels and his team developed the antiserum and saved the town in the nick of the time.Note: I do not discuss the scientific flaws in the movie... Hey,remember that this is just a movie!!!

When we hear the word "virus," we tend to think of something minute, something in connection to a computer meltdown or the spreading of the common cold among humans. The thought never even crosses our minds that a virus can be more than just the flu: it can possess the ability to spread in various, sometimes undetectable ways, expand at an alarmingly fast rate, and most frightening, it can be as fatal as a gunshot wound.If you must see one science fiction film this year, treat yourself to "Outbreak," a finely-tuned thriller about a virus that is transported to the United States and begins wiping out a small town in California. There's a great deal of various plot factors that the film explores in excruciating detail, while tightening each one with subtly effective suspense. Combined with some very entertaining performances and a director who knows what he's doing, "Outbreak" becomes a powerful thriller.Dustin Hoffman is cast as Sam Daniels, who, as an expert in microorganisms and viruses, works in the army for prevention of spreading diseases. His ex-wife, Robby Keough (Rene Russo), has just moved to Atlanta to work for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Everything is going as normal until Sam is called to duty in Zaire, where a disease is rapidly wiping out a small native town. Along with Major Salt (Cuba Gooding, Jr), and Major Casey Schuler (Kevin Spacey), they make their way down there, only to discover, to their dismay, just how quickly the disease has acted on everyone.And that's not all. A ship carrying wild animals from foreign countries and continents arrives in San Francisco, where a smuggler named Jimbo (Patrick Dempsey) carries an African monkey to a pet store for trade. Unbeknownst to him or anyone else who comes in contact with the host animal, they all begin contracting severe colds which progress into something much worse, a fatal virus that liquefies the inner organs until death occurs.And it's quite disturbing to see how easily spread the virus is, originating in Africa, making its way to the west coast of the United States, and then progressing by human contact, taking more and more lives as it grows rapidly. Jimbo flies to Boston, where a small outbreak soon becomes contained thanks to CDC's efforts. But a much larger outbreak is at work in a small Californian town, and as the virus soon adapts the ability to be contracted by air, the tension begins.The movie is a suspense thriller of the highest rate, a cutting-edge drama with suspense to spare. The drama lies with the unfolding of the human story behind the widespread disease. Families are seen torn apart as stricken members must leave for quarantine. The citizens of the town rebel at the thought of being confined, while the army and those who work diligently to stop the spreading of the bug must deal with the death that surrounds them everyday.The suspense, however, lies with the progression of the disease, and a mystery surrounding the discovery of a secret antiserum. The virus is shown traveling through air in a sneeze at the movies, circulating amongst the crowd; the very thought of these germs is enough to cringe. It makes you think about just how many germs actually do invade your body each day. Sam's discovery of the antiserum to the virus leads to some shocking revelations concerning his superiors, General Billy Ford (Morgan Freeman) and General Donald McClintock (Donald Sutherland), and testament on how far any country will go for biological power.This is also the first movie to come along in a good deal of time that makes you consider the many different situations from your own point of view. It poses many opposing viewpoints: quarantining the town or destroying it, citizens and all, to keep the virus from spreading across the country; introducing a serum you know you have, or keeping it hidden from public view in order that you may have superiority in the advancement of biological weapons (at one point, McClintock refers to the dying patients as "casualties of war"). With this film, you can actually see yourself in the same situations, and given the choices you have, sometimes the decision is not an easy one to make.At just about every turn in the film, a new star pops into view. It's a movie full of star power, but it uses it casually and to its advantage. Dustin Hoffman is in fine form as the well-educated and intuitive Sam, while Rene Russo is as convincing in her performance as Robby. Kevin Spacey is a smash as the comic relief Schuler, sarcastic and witty to the final credits, and Cuba Gooding, Jr. sells us on his determination and stamina as Salt. Morgan Freeman is back in one of his infrequent bad-guy roles, though his good-guy qualities get the better of him. Donald Sutherland is devilishly cunning as McClintock, making him the ultimate despicable character. And, it must be said, that J.T. Walsh gives one of the best performances of his career, as the Chief of Staff who must introduce the idea of eliminating the town to the President's advisory panel.After seeing this film, I'll never sneeze again. It has such a tremendous effect on you, one that forces you to follow its story, and then forces you to think about what you have just seen. It's a drama of surprising proportions. "Outbreak" is like the very virus it portrays: it begins with small twists and turns, and as time goes on, it expands into a very effective film.

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I'm a fan of director Wolfgang Petersen ever since I saw Das Boot in the 80s. His films are exciting and this one is no exception. How has it held up since 1995? Very well, and with Contaigon out recently and fears of a pandemic looming since the H1N1 panic, this movie is still VERY relevant.PROs:McDreamy from Grey's Antatomy handles his monkey and catches a nasty virusOfficial viral monkey loose in a San Francisco forestOutstanding performances all around, especially Morgan Freeman, Dustin Hoffman & Donald Sutherland as a bad guyJohn Doe from Seven gets his rightfulVirus mutates & spreads in a realistic mannerAWESOME Daisy Cutter fuel-air bomb [The most powerful non-nuclear bomb until the MOAB]CONs:Petersen gets a little carried away at the end turning the film into a bit of action story with a helocopter chase (one star removed-Hoffman is the Graduate, not Tom Cruise)[SPOILER] The scariest & most memorable scene in the movie is when the medical tech [infected] is coughing inside a movie theater and the camera focuses in on the virus spreading through the air. This is a good selling point for investing in a high-end home theater system.

My only complaint is the over-the-top innocence of this movie's star characters. A bit too boy-scouty and goodie-two-shoes to be as likable as I'd like them to be. The storyline is for the most part good and original and the action scenes are fun to watch. The drama is real. There's a lot to love in this movie and not much to pick on. Definitely worth watching.

We've been in this pandemic for two years now and this movie sure shows how easily the world can go topsy turvy. This movie is thought provoking and very apropos! The 'Mad Max' series and 'The Postman' are two others that are action packed and teach survivalists a few lessons on how crazy this world can possibly get! Nuclear War is no longer the threat it once was, but Biological Warfare, as we can see with the various strains of COVID, whether intended or not is perhaps as much of an enemy as Climate Change!

Was ein kleiner Virus alles anrichten kann, sieht man in diesen Film. Spannend, gute Schauspieler und schön zum Mitfiebern.

This is a review of the 2008 All Region Blu-ray from Warner Home Video. I purchased an excellent cheap used copy on Amazon, and it is great value. There are no extras, but the quality of the picture and sound is exemplary.This film was released in 1995. I didn’t see it then, and last night, I tried to imagine how I would have reacted to it, any time before around February 2020. “What a scary concept.” I would have said. A potential global pandemic, utterly lethal, that spreads into the human population after ‘jumping’ from an animal host. A virus that mutates, to allow itself to spread more readily through the human host population. A disease that requires human ingenuity to develop a vaccine, against the clock and against a background of a horrifyingly escalating death toll. “Wow!” I might have thought. “This must have been what it was like for my grandparent’s generation, living with the Spanish ‘Flu pandemic of 1918.”But now, we ourselves have experienced this type of crisis. And what I found impressive about Wolfgang Petersen’s medical eco-thriller, was how much felt really rather too familiar, and close to home. The events of the last two or three years has taught us a lot ~ probably more than we ever really wanted to know ~ about gene sequencing, spike proteins, airborne infection, host species. And here it was again, over 129 fraught minutes of well-written, tautly directed, energetically-acted movie.OK, here, the host, the animal vector, is a monkey not a bat. The origin country is the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), in Equatorial Africa, rather than China. The disease is exponentially more lethal than SARS-CoV-2, and kills in even more dreadful ways. Also, the disease unequivocally originates naturally and jumps to humans, rather than (possibly) originating in a Lab. However, in a nice little twist, unpleasant human involvement still gets a malign look-in. It is true that there are a few scientifically unlikely issues, especially around the time taken for things to happen, but this is necessary for the plot to flow. Overall, the plot and the way a contagion is dealt with, feels pretty authentic. What also feels authentic, is the impact of human stupidity, ignorance and greed, on human destiny. Petersen sprinkles these around, with devilish delight.Several Hollywood stars were offered the lead in this film originally: Harrison Ford; Stallone (WHY?!); Mel Gibson. Thankfully, they turned it down, and the role was handed to Dustin Hoffman, who is excellent. It is not a role for a muscular hunk, but for someone who can actually convey ‘cerebral’, not to mention ‘worried sick’. Hoffman does both SO well. Kevin Spacey, despite his current status as 'controversy personified', is very good in support, as is a slightly unlikely Cuba Gooding. Donald Sutherland, always an expert at the snarl and curled lip, is in his element.Petersen has always shown a mastery of high octane action scenes, tossed in at appropriate moments. We certainly get that here. The science is also nicely marshalled. This is a really excellent film, which, though there are a couple of scientifically implausible moments, doesn’t play too fast and loose, whilst also delivering a genuinely exciting and entertaining 5 Star drama.

Sorti en salles en 1995, ce thriller réalisé par Wolfgang PETERSEN, met en scène la croissance d’un virus, qui se répand à une vitesse dramatique, balayant tout sur son passage. Inspiré fortement par le virus tristement célèbre Ebola, c’est une course contre la montre qui est menée, afin de le contrer par tous les moyens et de sauver la population restante, qui tend à diminuer drastiquement au fil des jours. Déjà à cette époque, l’évocation d’une épidémie pouvait faire peur, mais avec le Covid 19 qui est apparu dans notre réalité et les conséquences de la crise sanitaire au niveau mondial, il est en prise directe avec ce que le monde a vécu ces trois dernières années. Ce film fait encore plus froid dans le dos, affichant un réalisme saisissant, notamment en montrant le déclenchement et la phase active d’un virus mortel, pouvant tuer toute personne en quelques heures.Ma critique portera sur l’édition Blu Ray en import allemand. Le disque délivre un très bon rendu, digne du support HD, l’image est superbe et le piqué est d’une netteté irréprochable, les couleurs sont magnifiques et le contraste se révèle soutenu. Côté son, il y a une version québécoise, ainsi que la vraie version française, toutes deux affichées en Dolby Digital 5.1, tandis que la version originale, avec des sous-titres français, est proposée dans cette même version, mais aussi en Dolby True HD 5.1. Pour ma part, c’est cette dernière sélection qui est à privilégier, en raison de son dynamisme et de la clarté des dialogues, dont la justesse des voix originales, reste inégalée.En 1967, le virus Motaba ronge les soldats d’un camp situé au Congo. Peu après l’examen des soldats par les médecins, le haut commandement de la base militaire décide d’envoyer une bombe sur le camp, afin de le détruire et d’enrayer l’épidémie.En 1995, une équipe de scientifiques, menée par le Colonel Sam Daniels, médecin militaire, se rend au Zaïre, dans un village où toute la population est décimée par une maladie mortelle. Parallèlement, un singe de la région est importé en Californie et relâché en forêt. Peu de temps après, plusieurs cas de personnes contaminées apparaissent dans la petite ville de Cedar Creek, avant qu’un afflux de malades se précipitent à l’hôpital, dans un état très critique. Reconnaissant le virus Motaba dans son œuvre mortelle, Sam se rend dans la ville afin de stopper sa propagation rapide, mais l’armée a déjà établi une quarantaine, empêchant toute personne de sortir et prévoit d’utiliser la manière forte, détruire Cedar Creek en balançant une bombe, si la situation continue à empirer.La distribution affiche une pléiade de noms connus : Dustin HOFFMAN incarne le Colonel Sam Daniels, un médecin militaire humain, également virologue, qui se bat pour sauver les rescapés de cette tragédie, inattendu dans ce genre de rôle, il est impeccable et très crédible, prouvant qu’il peut tout jouer ; Rene RUSSO interprète une virologue réputée, le Dr Robby Keough, souvent sur la même longueur d’ondes que Sam, elle est également son ex-femme, tenace et efficace, elle fait tout afin de sauver un maximum de vies, elle joue juste et sait rendre à l’écran les multiples facettes de son personnage ; Morgan FREEMAN campe le Général Billy Ford avec beaucoup d’aisance, de calme et de sobriété, l’acteur affiche une autorité rassurante, doublée d’une certaine ambiguïté, il est trouble, ce qui convient à son rôle ; Donald SUTHERLAND incarne quant à lui, le Général en chef Donald McClintock, buté jusqu’au boutiste et capable de tout pour éradiquer le virus, quitte à détruire une ville entière pour cacher tous ses manquements, il déroule une performance tout simplement glaçante, certes exagérée, mais qui fait mouche, pour démontrer la perte d’humanité de son personnage ; Kevin SPACEY interpréte le Lieutenant Casey Schuler, virologue, qui essaye d’endiguer la progression du virus, très juste, il est dommage qu’on ne le voit pas assez ; Cuba GOODING Jr campe le Major Salt, il vient en aide à Sam afin de stopper le virus et prend des risques, l’acteur est une fois de plus impeccable et aligne un jeu sobre et percutant à la fois ; enfin dans un petit rôle, on retrouve un jeune Patrick DEMPSEY, des années avant qu’il ne devienne une star dans le monde entier, à partir de 2005, avec son rôle du Dr Derek Shepherd, qu’il incarnera durant 11 ans dans la célèbre série « Grey’s Anatomy ».D’une efficacité redoutable, le film affiche son propos haut et fort, oui, une épidémie peut surgir à tout moment, il suffit d’un petit incident pour enclencher le pire des drames. La réalité a malheureusement rattrapé la fiction depuis. Alors ce film n’est pas exempt de défauts, tant au niveau des scènes d’action, notamment en dernière partie, que par le côté caricatural du personnage du Général Donald McClintock prêt à tout, mais il possède également des qualités indéniables : captivant de bout en bout, affichant un suspense grandissant, la réalisation est totalement maitrisée et bénéficie d’un casting de haut vol, au diapason de l’histoire décrite et ne comporte finalement qu’un seul réel tort : le vaccin étant trouvé beaucoup trop rapidement, afin de donner une fin positive. Force est de constater, que 27 ans après son entrée en production, il n’a pas pris une seule ride et vaut plus que jamais par la pertinence de son propos.Un film méconnu, à découvrir ou à revoir d’urgence.

Lo mas importante completamente en castellano y original con extras decentes y calidad de imagen muy notable,no esta editada en España y es una buena opción conseguir la versión Alemana.en breve ressen la editara en España si no te gustan los Blu-ray de dudosa legalidad esta es la opción perfecta, Amazon como siempre de diez en entrega y protección sigue asi.