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5.1/10   126 votes
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Director:
Joe Napolitano
Writer (WGA):
Sandy Kroopf (written by)
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Release Date:
22 January 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Thriller more
Plot:
When some shrimp from Mexico, tainted with Cholera, is served to some people on a plane bound for LA... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
Lacks relief more (7 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Lindsay Wagner ... Dr. Hannah Cole
Elizabeth Peña ... Det. Luisa Rojas
Ken Pogue ... George Ryburn

Brendan Fletcher ... Brian
Tom Wopat ... Sam

Alexandra Purvis ... Julie
Matt Hill ... Carl Freedman

Gerard Plunkett ... Sklar
Jon Cuthbert ... Vic
Bill Croft ... Gerard

Jed Rees ... Doug Lamoreaux

Karen Elizabeth Austin ... Norma Meyers
P. Lynn Johnson ... Jamie West
David Lovgren ... Flt. Att. Tom Carlen
Jim Smith ... Ben Winorski
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Virus
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for drug content and brief violence
Runtime:
USA:103 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour
Certification:
UK:12 (video premiere) | USA:PG-13

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Lacks relief, 31 August 1999
5/10
Author: raymond-15 from Australia

Exhausted doctor battles with cholera outbreak. Columbian drug smuggling is thrown in for added excitement. So what is missing from this Canadian production? If you are looking to be entertained, this film is not for you. If you are interested in public health problems and the way in which hospitals fight cholera epidemics then this film might prove informative. It's likely you'll cancel your plane flight in the near future. The film is more of an educational documentary. A little love interest is thrown in towards the end when the disease strikes the doctor's family and effectively reunites them after family problems. The film lacks any kind of relief from the constant admission of hospital patients and a frustrated doctor devoid of sleep. In a word, hospital procedures (stimulation of heart muscle with hypodermic needles and electric shock) are not the basis for a good night's entertainment.

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