Outbreak—outperforms many pandemic movies—is believable due to very good acting and pacing. It builds to a climax that is well orchestrated and has a welcome conclusion. The makeup department deserves kudos for the facial makeup of infected persons. This is a good watch for audiences looking for pandemic-styled entertainment.
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Storyline
A man, working in a laboratory, takes a female Capuchin monkey and tries to get a profit for her at a pet store in the USA, but the owner needs a male Capuchin monkey. So, the lab man releases the monkey into the wild within the USA not knowing that it carries a serious disease that easily transfers to humans.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Director Wolfgang Petersen for directing effort. Thank you to Producers Gail Katz, Arnold Kopelson, and Wolfgang Petersen for making the film possible. Cast includes Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Patrick Dempsey, Donald Sutherland, and Kevin Spacey.
Buy a
ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes.
It is good to see this film in full and it may be rewatchable.
K-Pax requires mental involvement and full attention to detail. It’s a sit
down and watch film that does not give allowance for missing a scene as the
story is a tightly woven piece of art…a ‘think’ movie…no getting up to make
popcorn while the movie runs. Both Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey ‘strut’ their
acting skills in each scene and terrifically compliment each other without
upscaling in a single scene. This well-written story is a product that is an
actor and director’s dream come true. A good film to add to the home video
library because it can be watched again and again…good entertainment piece for
guests. Don’t forgo this one due to its
lack-luster title…it far outshines the title.
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Storyline
A man, who says he is an alien, is arrested and admitted to a mental institution and his assigned physician delves deeply into his past.
Additional
Thanks
Thank you to Iain Softley for
directing effort. Thank you to Executive Producers Susan G. Pollack, Thank you to producer Robert F. Colesberry, Lawrence Gordon,
and Lloyd Levin for making the film possible. Cast includes: Kevin Spacey, Jeff
Bridges, Mary McCormack, Alfie Woodard, David Patrick Kelly, Saul Williams, Peter Gerety, Celia Weston, Ajay Naidu, Tracy Vilar, Melanee Murray, John Toles-Bey, Kimberly Scott, and Conchata Ferrell.
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?Yes. Good film to add to the home video
library. The movie is an absorbing watch from beginning to end and works like a
very good mystery. The ending perfectly creates and invites discussion about its meaning/interpretation. It’s a wonderful
watch from beginning to end. Thank you to everyone involved in making this
movie happen.
Iron Will—all around good watch—almost becomes a classic movie story. It is
interesting to see the different racers’ well-defined personalities, the organized
system that backs them, as well as how a third page newspaper story can be
raised to front page news that inspires readers to track. It’s wonderful to see
a good story not ruined by a bad presentation.
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Storyline
A young man enters a sled dog race
in hopes of winning enough money to free the family property from repossession.
Additional
Thanks
Thank you to Director Charles Haid
for directing effort. Thank you to Producers Patrick Palmer and Robert Schwartz
for making the film possible. Cast includes: Mackenzie Astin, Kevin Spacey, David Ogden Stiers, August Schellenberg, Brian Cox, George Gerdes, John Terry, Penelope Windust, Jeffery Alan Chandler, Michael Laskin, James Cada, Rex Linn, Allan R.J. Joseph, Alvin William 'Dutch' Lunak.
