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Product Name: The Andromeda Strain [Blu-ray] [Only @ Best Buy] [1971]
UPC: 025192276361
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
The Thinking-Man's Sci-Fi!
Michael Crichton's heart-stopping techno-thriller from 1969 is brought to realization by the great director Robert Wise (Sound of Music)!
Many problems beset the human race but when these problems are unseen and unknown, the existence of mankind is at risk. Other more recent films have explored the threat of an unknown virus but this 1970s film's virus was from outer space. Space exploration always posed a threat that a mission might bring back something dangerous to earth. Later in the film the virus is speculated, by the paranoia starting to grip the scientific experts, to be man made by the military for use in germ warfare, however, this conjecture is never proven. At near the end of the film a wrong turn is taken by the scientists to totally eliminate the virus (and themselves) by blowing up the test facility, which was a mistake that can only be corrected by one man. In the end planet earth and mankind is saved again. Robert Wise skillfully directed this early attempt to explore this subject. The technology is dated by today's standards, but since this film was made in the 1970s this is understandable. Give this film a chance, you will not be disappointed. This Blu-ray is a Best Buy exclusive, The Blu-ray AV quality is consistent with films of this time period.
