The read
Every source lands within 7 points of the others, across 2,600 audience votes. Scores higher than 71% of the 1,024 1990s action movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes59%
Metacritic64/100
2,575 audience votes
Key crew
- Wolfgang PetersenDirector
- Robert Roy PoolScreenplay
- Laurence DworetScreenplay
- James Newton HowardOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Dustin HoffmanSam Daniels
- Rene RussoRobby Keough
- Morgan FreemanGeneral Billy Ford
- Kevin SpaceyCasey Schuler
- Cuba Gooding Jr.Major Salt
- Donald SutherlandGeneral Donald McClintock
- Patrick DempseyJimbo Scott
- Zakes MokaeDr. Benjamin Iwabi
- Malick BowensDr. Raswani
- Susan Lee HoffmanDr. Lisa Aronson
- Benito MartinezDr. Julio Ruiz
- Bruce JarchowDr. Mascelli
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