Once again, a film in which the government is up to no good...
At Biotek, a monolithic facility in Utah, biological warfare experts
cook up a weapon designed to turn its victims into raging, homicidal psychos. The movie barely begins before the unthinking scientists (accidentally) spread their disease inside their own lab and fall prey to their own invention. Local sheriff Cal Morse (Sam Waterston) not only has to deal with the furor developing outside the building, but has to worry about his security guard wife Joanie (Kathleen Quinlan) who is trapped inside with everybody else. While not really that slick, or exciting, it actually is pretty enjoyable. Debuting director Hal Barwood, who wrote "Warning Sign" with his former writing partner of 15 years, Matthew Robbins (their other credits include Spielberg's "The Sugarland Express" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", as well as 1978's "Corvette Summer" and 1981's "Dragonslayer") directs competently if not stylishly. It's more of a journeyman effort, but it pays off fairly well due to a reasonably engrossing, subtle, and disquieting story and a superior cast (as a matter of fact, I think this little film is well cast right down the line). I really liked some of these characters, especially Jeffrey DeMunn's, and they are nicely brought to life. Co-star G.W. Bailey is kind of a revelation here; those familiar with his sneering, slimy comedy villain from the "Police Academy" series should note that he does good dramatic work here. Craig Safan's electronic music is pretty effective, and the film is designed and photographed by two veteran talents: Henry Bumstead (who was in his 90's and *still* working at the time of his death last month) and Dean Cundey. The result is a film that is interesting to look at, and of, course, picture quality is better than ever now that it's on DVD. A decent little picture that provides some good entertainment, even if the dramatic payoff isn't that strong. This picture probably isn't that well known - not many here at IMDb have reviewed it - but it's worth a look if you are curious. 6/10. vascosuizo watch Knights Of The Round Table movie
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Make it more of a horror movie and I would have loved it.
This movie has a facility that manufactures chemical agents and such in
it. Well there is a problem at said facility and there is the movie. Well not quite, seems a deadly virus or something to that effect has been accidentally released. The lady working security and such locks the place down which is what she is supposed to do under the circumstances. Well people inside the place want out insisting they are fine and the family members on the out want in worried about their loved ones. Then the movie takes a twist and those infected become increasingly violent adding to the horror aspect of the film. If this movie had a bit more of the violent killer psychopaths I admit I would have enjoyed it more, still it made for an entertaining thriller. You keep hoping they will find a way to get rid of this infection, that they will be able to keep the relatives from totally going nuts and breaking in, and you hope those trapped inside stay inside because if not the world will become exposed. Interesting movie that would have been more of a film I liked had they moved a little faster to infection starting to really make the people go crazy.. |
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