Runaway Virus (2000) (TV)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Jeff Bleckner

Writers (WGA):

Malcolm Gladwell (magazine article "The Dead Zone")
Perri Klass (written by) ...

Release Date:

29 January 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Based On Article | Virus

Cast

Paige Turco	...	Jenny Blanchard
Jason Beghe	...	Daniel Rothman
Kenneth Mars	...	Dr. Arnold Bowman
Tamlyn Tomita	...	Monique Chao
Richard Ian Cox	...	Mullin
Ken Camroux
Lorena Gale	...	Surgeon General
Bob Morrisey
Elya Baskin	...	Father Vadim
Dmitri S. Boudrine		(as Dimitri Boudrine)
Larry Drake	...	Dr. Griggs
Robert Arevalo	...	Manuel Santiago
Rick Tae	...	Young Doctor (as Ricky Cheng)
Tatiana Correa	...	Little Girl
Ulises Cuadra	...	Marco (as Ulysses Cuadra)

Also Known As:

The Millennium Plague (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Greengrass Productions

Decent but Only So So

I was moderately impressed with this movie. Thought it would be a total dog, clearly showing its Made-for-TV budget, with mediocre acting and lame writing. Twas a little better than that, though, I'm happy to report. Something that bothers me now is the impending flu tragedy was never really thrust upon viewers. I never really got the feeling that if they didn't catch the virus there'd be mass death on earth. (In a way, to cut down on over-population of earth, that wouldn't be so bad... but that was never explored here either. Only a joke how one of the scientist doctor dudes didn't like L.A. anyway, where the virus was headed. Ha ha.) Really not much to say about this movie. Saying any more would be a waste of time. I give this movie a grade of C-, mildly entertaining but nothing to go out of your way to watch.