van-42949
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Truly, one of the worst films I have ever seen. Although it's never mentioned directly, the entire film seems to be set somewhere in Canada. Dead give-aways are the fake-looking money, RCMP uniforms and squeaky clean streets.
Everything about this movie seems designed to put the viewer to sleep. There is no action, excitement or even real concern about this "plague" that is spreading around the world. It's like they are talking about an outbreak of allergies instead of a disease that is killing people.
Besides the horrible acting and ridiculous plot, this film has so many contradictions and inaccuracies that it is impossible to take seriously. The film starts off with a screen crawl talking about the dangers of human DNA testing, but there is nothing whatsoever relating to DNA research in the film. It's all about a bacteria that escapes from a lab due to plumbers hooking up the ventilation system backwards at a laboratory. Why the warnings about DNA research? I doubt that even the producers know.
Throughout the film there is this crazy background music playing that sounds as if someone was banging on piano keys at random. Seriously, a three year old could have written this stuff for all I know.
I would have guessed that this was a made for TV movie, were it not for the fact that swear words were thrown around at random and I know that the CBC would never allow any of those words on-air. So, this film must have been made in Canada for Canadians, I'm guessing. Also, I've never heard of ANY of the actors in this movie, so I'm guessing that they are all Canadian as well.
The Canadian military is called out at one point to quarantine an area, but the entire Canadian military seems to be made up of about six guys with rifles. At least that part made sense. The rest of the film is filled with bad acting, characters that act ridiculous and that I have zero sympathy for, bad lighting, bad direction, cheesy lines and people who act way, way too nice to each other. In America, people would be shooting, looting, becoming hysterical, blowing things up and getting into fights with each other. We wouldn't be that polite. We may have a messed-up society here in the United States, but at least we have action films that won't put you to sleep.
Everything about this movie seems designed to put the viewer to sleep. There is no action, excitement or even real concern about this "plague" that is spreading around the world. It's like they are talking about an outbreak of allergies instead of a disease that is killing people.
Besides the horrible acting and ridiculous plot, this film has so many contradictions and inaccuracies that it is impossible to take seriously. The film starts off with a screen crawl talking about the dangers of human DNA testing, but there is nothing whatsoever relating to DNA research in the film. It's all about a bacteria that escapes from a lab due to plumbers hooking up the ventilation system backwards at a laboratory. Why the warnings about DNA research? I doubt that even the producers know.
Throughout the film there is this crazy background music playing that sounds as if someone was banging on piano keys at random. Seriously, a three year old could have written this stuff for all I know.
I would have guessed that this was a made for TV movie, were it not for the fact that swear words were thrown around at random and I know that the CBC would never allow any of those words on-air. So, this film must have been made in Canada for Canadians, I'm guessing. Also, I've never heard of ANY of the actors in this movie, so I'm guessing that they are all Canadian as well.
The Canadian military is called out at one point to quarantine an area, but the entire Canadian military seems to be made up of about six guys with rifles. At least that part made sense. The rest of the film is filled with bad acting, characters that act ridiculous and that I have zero sympathy for, bad lighting, bad direction, cheesy lines and people who act way, way too nice to each other. In America, people would be shooting, looting, becoming hysterical, blowing things up and getting into fights with each other. We wouldn't be that polite. We may have a messed-up society here in the United States, but at least we have action films that won't put you to sleep.
While this documentary promised a deep look into a deal between Yugoslavia and the United States to transfer space technology to NASA, there is not enough new information presented to even fill a short magazine article. Most of the film is padded with stories about Yugoslavia's history, Tito and a single scientist from Yugoslavia who travels back to his home country for the first time in 50 years.
What little information is presented comes from an American historian who seems to be the only one in the documentary who speaks English. Subtitles are needed for most of the interviews in this film.
In any event, if you want to see a documentary that gives a passing mention to the Yugoslavian space program and more of a backstory into US-Yugoslavian relations from the 1960's to 1970's you may enjoy this. Beyond the first 30 minutes or so don't expect to learn much about NASA, the space program or what this title is supposed to focus on.
What little information is presented comes from an American historian who seems to be the only one in the documentary who speaks English. Subtitles are needed for most of the interviews in this film.
In any event, if you want to see a documentary that gives a passing mention to the Yugoslavian space program and more of a backstory into US-Yugoslavian relations from the 1960's to 1970's you may enjoy this. Beyond the first 30 minutes or so don't expect to learn much about NASA, the space program or what this title is supposed to focus on.