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A Balasaur Score of 40 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 17%, Metacritic 34/100. Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,494 2000s thriller movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 30m. Streaming on Peacock.
Synopsis
When a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States, teacher Elliot Moore and his wife Alma flee from contaminated cities into the countryside in a fight to discover the truth. Is it terrorism, the accidental release of some toxic military bio weapon -- or something even more sinister?
Ratings
IMDb5/10
Rotten Tomatoes17%
Metacritic34/100
Audiences rate it 16 points higher than critics do.
4,086 audience votes
Key crew
- M. Night ShyamalanDirector
- James Newton HowardOriginal Music Composer
- M. Night ShyamalanScreenplay
Cast
- Mark WahlbergElliot Moore
- Zooey DeschanelAlma Moore
- John LeguizamoJulian
- Ashlyn SanchezJess
- Betty BuckleyMrs. Jones
- Spencer BreslinJosh
- Robert Bailey Jr.Jared
- Frank CollisonNursery Owner
- Jeremy StrongPrivate Auster
- Alan RuckPrincipal
- Victoria ClarkNursery Owner's Wife
- M. Night ShyamalanJoey (voice)
Stills
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Themes
suicidehusband wife relationshiptreenatural disastercrisisparknaturestrange behaviorvirusunexplainedtoxinunprecedented