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IMDb rating 6.6
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Critic Ian Nathan
rated 8

...a potent concept, star value and an utterly gripping first hour (...) make for a rollicking, nerve-rattling, hugely entertaining Hollywood shocker.

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Tanja Sørensen
rated 10

Strange to watch it after covid

1 year ago

Cast & Crew

Bruce Isacson
As Jaffe
Bruce Isacson
Director
Donald Sutherland
As General Donald McClintock
Morgan Freeman
As General Billy Ford
Jane Jenkins
As Nurse Jane
Cuba Gooding Jr.
As Major Salt

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Outbreak is a thrilling science fiction movie that follows the story of Colonel Sam Daniels, a USAMRIID virologist, who is tasked with containing an outbreak of a deadly virus called Motaba. The virus, which was discovered in the African jungle in 1967, has spread to America and is causing widespread panic and destruction. Daniels and his team must race against time to find the source of the virus and develop an antidote before it's too late. Along the way, they discover that the military has been hiding information about the virus and plans to bomb a small town where it has spread in order to contain it. With time running out, Daniels must decide whether to follow orders or risk everything to save innocent lives. Starring Dustin Hoffman and Morgan Freeman, Outbreak is an action-packed thriller that will keep you on edge until its explosive conclusion.

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