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Sep 21, 2014ManMachine rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Yeah. OK. I know that The Andromeda Strain (TAS, for short) was only a Sci-Fi movie (or was it more than just that?) - But, with that said, wasn't it just like the American government and their devoted Science/Military team, back in 1970, to send a satellite out into space with the sole purpose of bringing back to Earth an organism (hopefully) deadly enough to use in germ warfare against all of their enemies (especially the Russians)? Like, isn't that just the most awful-minded objective imaginable? And all of those naive, trusting American citizens who solemnly believe that their government really stands for truth, justice and liberty... Ha! What a deluded, laughable joke! Based on Michael Crichton's 1969 novel of the same name, TAS was, without a doubt, one very-Very-VERY (!!) s-l-o-w moving picture. At 130 minutes my interest in caring about whether the Wildfire Team found a way to contain the spread of the deadly virus brought back to Earth, or not, waned to the point where, after the first 45 minutes, I couldn't give a sweet-damn what the heck happened. In fact, I was so bored that I secretly began hoping that all hell would break loose with the "Andromeda" virus. But, damn it, nothing of the sort ever happened. Anyways - I found TAS to be yet another one of those "countdown-to-disaster" movies that, unfortunately, took itself way-way too seriously for its own good. And, that, in turn, left its audience with a potentially promising story that was so cut-n-dry as to be completely void of any genuine thrills & chills.