Robert Wise directed this engrossing thriller based on a novel from Michael Crichton, about a team of four scientists(played by James Olsen, Arthur Hill, David Wayne, and Kate Reid) who try to isolate an extraterrestrial virus brought back to Earth by a satellite that crashed in Piedmont New Mexico, killing most of the residents, except an old(alcoholic) man, and a baby. The team try to find out the connection between such two entirely different people, in hopes it will lead them to a cure.
Interesting and well-acted film is smart and effectively directed, with many nice touches, and a stark atmosphere in the decimated town, contrasted nicely with the clinical setting in the protective underground laboratory where they study the alien virus, which threatens the world if unleashed.
Interesting and well-acted film is smart and effectively directed, with many nice touches, and a stark atmosphere in the decimated town, contrasted nicely with the clinical setting in the protective underground laboratory where they study the alien virus, which threatens the world if unleashed.