Big Threats Come in Small Packages

This is a retelling of the classic Michael Crichton tale is slick with technology and bristling with armed forces. The scientists are multi-cultural and both genders are well represented.

Longer than the original, and re-told in a more distrustful time, the 2008 version of The Andromeda Strain has more sub-plots, the threats are less simple and yet totally plausible.

The introduction of a journalist as a key character gives the public a voice and a presence in the adventure, and enables the film-makers to show much more of the consequences of the Andromeda strain on the world outside the laboratory.

Fascinating to watch, but it raises the question -- if we do not change the way we do business, will the future fact be more disastrous than past fiction?

Your kind of honour is kind of outdated, sir.

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by Ali Kayn Due for Australian release May 2008 For credits and official site details, see below Search Festivale for more work by the film-makers below. See also: Andromeda Strain (1971); Sphere;

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Just the facts: Title: Andromeda Strain TV (2008) Written by: Michael Crichton (novel); Robert Schenkkan (scr) Directed by: Mikael Salomon Running time: 180 mins Rating: M The Players: Benjamin Bratt, Eric McCormack, Christa Miller, Daniel Dae Kim, Viola Davis, Rick Schroder, IMDb entry For session times of current films, use the cinema listings on the Movie links page. For scheduled release dates, see the coming attractions section. For more information about this movie, check out the internet movie database. For the latest additions to Festivale, check out the change history section.