Release date: March 10th 1995.
Story: A white headed capuchin monkey is captured in the jungles of Africa and is smuggled into the USA. But is released into the countryside after failing to be sold on the black market. But what everyone doesn't know is that the monkey is a carrier of a very deadly virus which is deadlier then the plague and is easier to catch then the common cold. Soon it is a race against time to both quarantine a town which is infected with the deadly virus and to find the monkey before all of the USA is infected. Will they be able to save the day? Watch the movie and find out.
My thoughts: If you need a film to explain the saying "Coughs and sneezes, spread diseases", then this is the film for you. The effects are good and the scenes of people being effected by this is slightly disturbing. The characters are great as well. Dustin Hoffman is great as the hero, Morgan Freeman is great as Hoffman's boss who had a previous experience with the illness, and Donald Sutherland is great as the villain who refuses to use anything else apart from the 'use a nuke to solve everything' method. Fun fact the monkey in the movie also starred in Friends as Marcel (Ross's pet monkey) and the film is also based on the nonfiction book The Hot Zone. This is a great movie with a lot of suspense and action and is a good addition to any Disaster movie collection.
My score: Four stars.
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