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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Jan 14, 2005
Pros: Interesting topic. Some good action scenes. Cute monkey.
Cons: Unlikely action-hero (Hoffman). Multiple genres.
Too many unlikely scenarios.
Summary: From time to time a strange virus or disease such as SARS, a bird virus, or Ebola will break out someplace in the world. The film Outbreak dramatizes the possibility of such a frightening virus infection within the United States. This film was ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 12, 2012
Pros: Well done, with top flight actors.
Cons: A bit more helicopter chases than you see in most medical dramas.
Summary: Outbreak (1995) Directed by Wolfgang Petersen. Colonel Sam Daniels: Sir, what did I ever do to make your life miserable? General Billy Ford: You got up this morning, didn't you? One of the most realistic scenarios to wipe ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 24, 2012
Pros: Helicopter sequences; the ending
Cons: Epidemiology doesn't quite work like this
Summary: "Outbreak" begins with a scene set in 1967 of an epidemic of hemorragic fever among mercenaries in Africa. A top-secret team from the US arrives, takes blood samples, departs, and soon a fuel-air-explosive bomb is dropped on the mercenary ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 10, 2008
Pros: drama, funny, action, great characters, realistic story line.
Cons: some harsh language but nothing much.
Summary: Outbreak is a 127 minute drama that was released in 1995 and is still going strong. This movie is rated R because of the language. I personally did not see where there was an over use of the bad language. This movie explores our governments ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 24, 2003
Pros: Great cast,great director,superb effects,great movie
Cons: Somewhat strains credulity
Summary: Outbreak is an excellent movie.Someminor plot details may be revealed.
This movie has an excellent cast.Dustin Hoffman,Rene Russo,Morgan Freeman,Cuba Gooding Jr,Patrick Denpsey,Kevin Spacey and Donald Sutherland all give excellent performances. ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 8, 2001
Pros: Fact paced, great acting
Cons: Not for children, profanity
Summary: I've always loved Dustin Hoffman, so when I saw this in Blockbuster I had to rent it. I'm extremely glad I did.
This movie is a bit like the book "The Hot Zone". It's about a deadly virus, with a mortality rate of 100% that originated in ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 25, 2001
Pros: Fast paced, lots of action, good cast
Cons: Plot is unlikely, not appropriate for children
Summary: The questions I asked myself after I first saw this movie are: Could a deadly outbreak really happen in North America? Could some tourist accidentally carry a deadly virus into a major city? Or how hard would it be for some future terrorist to release ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 19, 2000
Pros: Kevin Spacey is good in the short screen time he has.
Cons: Really bad casting. No character development.
Summary: Well with lines like that, and an all-star cast, how can this movie be anything but great? Let me tell you how.
As much as I like and respect the talents of Dustin Hoffman,he was wrong for this part. I had no empathy for any character in the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 15, 2000
Pros: Few and far between.
Cons: Not realistic, Hoffman overacting, not enough gore.
Summary: Outbreak poses the question – how far should the military go to contain a deadly virus? I think a more important question should be… How many of the stars in this film would like to erase it from their résumé. While the script for ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 26, 2000
Pros: Kevin Spacey, suspense, scientific intrigue
Cons: lackluster acting, empty feeling
Summary: Director Wolfgang Peterson seems to have a knack for taking highly improbable situations and events and making them seem completely believable and realistic. Beit the hijacking of Air Force One in "Air Force One", a storm of biblical ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 13, 2000
Pros: Hoffman, theme
Cons: some parts were unrealistic
Summary: The threat of a virus that has mutated to a much more deadly state than previously thought is the basis of this movie. And when that virus can kill within hours, and seems to spread like wildfire, it may be the most dangerous threat the world has ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 25, 2000
Pros: great movie overall
Cons: none
Summary: Outbreak is one of the best movies I have ever seen It stars Dustin Hoffman and Rene Russo. A divorced couple trying to find a cure for this unknown virus. A rare killer from the jungles of Zaire. It begins to take over a California Community. Sam ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 3, 2000
Pros: Eerie realism, great actors, good story line.
Cons: The monkey thing has been used too much.
Summary: Whenever I watch Outbreak, I get this eerie sensation down my spine that tells me that a deadly virus like in the movie could actually develop and be a real threat to mankind. It's unbelievable how fast a situation like the one in Outbreak could happen ... read more
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Not Yet Rated by the Epinions community
Apr 6, 2000
Pros: sets,cast,story
Cons: none
Summary: Well i say this on my dvd and it was very cool.If you like virus movies this is the one to watch.The music the sound effects was very great,the affects where very good and the cast played very great.Dustin Hoffman did a very good job and made this movie ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 4, 2000
Pros: cast,crew,director
Cons: story,sets
Summary: The previews should it as as thriller and scary intense movie.From what i seen this movie is great.Non-stop thriller,non stop-action!!It looked so great from what they showed on the previews!!Makes real scared and makes you never want to get sick ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 11, 2000
Pros: Realstic and Suspenseful
Cons: Not for children
Summary: This is a wonderfully suspenseful movie about a deadly virus which was accidentally set loose in America.
The premise behind this movie is supposed to be the creation of the Aids virus. There have been many rumors that the Aids virus was ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 10, 2000
Pros: Great Cast, Well Acted, Tight Story
Cons: -----
Summary: There is something inside me that forces me to watch "Outbreak" every time its on cable. I don't quite know what it is, but I find this movie incredibly enjoyable.
The plot focuses around a mysterious virus that was born inside of a ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 31, 2000
Pros: action packed and reasonably accurate
Cons: not for the squeimish
Summary: I saw this movie because I love all medical thrillers. That is exactly what this movie is...a medical thriller with heroes.
Dustin Hoffman is outstanding as the head of the medical unit from Disease Control that is assigned to check out, assess, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 13, 2000
Pros: A must-watch film with an all-star cast, plenty of drama & suspense, action, some romance
Cons: After 2 hours you'll be wanting to watch it again
Summary: Outbreak, a suspenseful scientific and action thriller, is destined to be a classic movie, and deserves to be deemed one of the best films of the 1990's. This film features an all-star studded cast featuring Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, ... read more
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