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Dustin Hoffman stars as a military expert in infectious
diseases desperately trying to save a town from a deadly virus.
SEX/NUDITY 0 - None.
VIOLENCE/GORE 6 - A few battle scenes: bombing and shooting. Scenes of
people suffering from a strange disease, with small lesions on their faces. A stack of
covered corpses is shown. A village is bombed and we see the horrified expression on
peoples' faces when they realize what is happening. Discussions of how a virus kills
people horribly. Charred skeletons are seen with skin hanging from them. A man throws up
in his gas mask. Several people are shown in different stages of disease with lesions on
their reddened faces and blood coming out of their eyes and ears. We hear gruesome details
of an autopsy. Many scenes of people sweating, coughing and convulsing and twitching. A
sick monkey is shown.
PROFANITY 6 - 10 F-words, 11 scatological terms, a handful of milder
obscenities. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Illness, toxic viruses, the military, sacrifice, megalomania.
MESSAGE - Sometimes you must sacrifice the few to save the many but be sure
you're doing it for the right reasons.
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