Outbreak

In director Wolfgang Petersen's fast-paced, intelligently written thriller, Dustin Hoffman plays Col. Sam Daniels, an expert on infectious diseases who is called in to study the outbreak of a deadly illness in Zaire. He finds a virus that spreads so quickly it could wipe out an entire nation in just a few weeks, and he believes that it might have spread to the United States. With the help of his ex-wife (Rene Russo), who works at the Centers for Disease Control, Daniels tracks the virus to the quiet seaside town of Cedar Creek, California. His superiors' reticence to help begins to raise questions in Daniels's mind, and he must find a cure before a panicky U.S. army general decides to kill the town's populace in order to save the world. The all-star cast includes Hoffman, Russo, Kevin Spacey, Donald Sutherland, Morgan Freeman, and Cuba Gooding, Jr.

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"...A tense cautionary tale..." -- 3 out of 4 stars -- Susan Wloszczyna , (USA Today)

"...Sections of the movie are creepy and exciting....Hoffman is in good, tense form..." -- Owen Gleiberman , (Entertainment Weekly)

"...Russo brings considerable warmth to the picture and is convincingly professional....Spacey weighs in with some wry comic relief..." -- Todd McCarthy , (Variety)

"...[The] cinematography is sharp and nimble, giving OUTBREAK a crispness that suits its story..." -- Janet Maslin , (New York Times)

"...OUTBREAK is a clever, daunting thriller....The roles are well written and acted..." -- Roger Ebert , (Chicago Sun-Times)

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