Andromeda Strain (The)
- Director: Mikael Salomon
- Writer: Michael Crichton; Robert Schenkkan
- Producer: Ron Binkowski; Clara George
CGiii Comment
A wholly unnecessary and undeserving re-make.
The writing is cringingly bad - written strictly for the severely unintelligent.
The writing sits comfortably with the acting...wooden and totally unconvincing. It's difficult to take McCormack seriously...Schroder should seek an acting tutor immediately.
Salomon - a director of no notable talent - delivers yet an other shabby televisual, updated re-hash with the added modern component...a gay character...!
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
In "The Andromeda Strain," a U.S. military satellite crashes in a small town and unleashes a deadly plague killing all but two survivors. As the military quarantines the area, a team of highly specialized scientists is assembled to find a cure to the pathogen code-named "Andromeda," and a reporter investigates a government conspiracy only to discover what he is chasing wants him silenced.
Cast & Characters
Benjamin Bratt as Dr. Jeremy Stone;
Eric McCormack as Jack Nash;
Christa Miller as Dr. Angela Noyce;
Daniel Dae Kim as Dr. Tsi Chou;
Viola Davis as Dr. Charlene Barton;
Justin Louis as Colonel James C. Ferrus;
Barry Flatman as Charles 'Chuck' Beeter;
Ted Whittall as President William J. Scott;
Ted Atherton as Edward 'Ed' Dewitt;
Tom McBeath as Kyle Tobler;
Rick Schroder as Major Bill Keane MD;
Andre Braugher as General George W. Mancheck;
Jesse Moss as Jeff Megan;
Magda Apanowicz as Suzie Travis;
Kurt Max Runte as Sherriff Martin Willis