When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. Many years prior to this incident, a group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone (Arthur Hill) advocated for the construction of a secure laboratory facility that would serve as a base in the event an alien biological life form was returned to Earth from a space mission. Stone an... (Full plot summary below)
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When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. Many years prior to this incident, a group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone (Arthur Hill) advocated for the construction of a secure laboratory facility that would serve as a base in the event an alien biological life form was returned to Earth from a space mission. Stone and his team - Drs. Dutton, Leavitt and Hall (David Wayne, Kate Reid, and James Olson, respectively)- go to the facility, known as Wildfire, and try to first isolate the life form while determining why two people from Piedmont (an old wino and a six-month-old baby) survived. The scientists methodically study the alien life form unaware that it has already mutated and presents a far greater danger in the lab, which is equipped with a nuclear self-destruct device should it manage to escape.
Leave your thoughts about The Andromeda Strain.
| Internet ReviewsSteve RhodesThe ending is arguably a bit too neat, but works nevertheless. |
| eFilmCritic.comScott WeinbergOne of Crichton's earliest adaptations is still one of his finest. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe Andromeda Strain is a splendid entertainment that will get you worried about whether they'll be able to contain that strange blob of alien green crystal. |
| VarietyVariety StaffNelson Gidding's adaptation of the Michael Crichton novel is too literal and talky. |
| Rolling StoneDavid FearRobert Wise's adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel about a deadly space pathogen trades in the genre's cosmic pulp and head-trippiness for a procedural-like seriousness. Germaphobes, proceed with extreme caution. |
| Cleveland PressTony MastroianniThere's nothing wrong with formula when it works and it works with no strain in this movie. |
| EmpireIan NathanWise (and Crichton) concoct the most absorbing, riveting take on science fiction tempered with science fact. |
| Sci-Fi Movie PageJames O'EhleyThis is probably the most pure science fiction work that author Michael Crichton have ever done. |
| Kansas City KansanSteve CrumStudied, fascinating, tense sci-fi classic. |
| The New YorkerPauline KaelDespite all the drama of the situation (United States threatened with biological destruction from outer space, etc.) nothing very exciting goes on in The Andromeda Strain. Since nobody greatly feels or acts, we are left with the drama of people tensely sitting around in chairs, twisting dials and watching TV monitors. From time to time, somebody gets up and paces the room. |
