The Andromeda Strain (1971)

Based on the novel by Jurasic Park’s and Westworld’s author Michael Crichton. Scientists were called to inspect and contain a deadly virus of an unknown origin. Movie is very slow (130 mins) and it goes out of it’s way to show how characters stick to the code of entering the facility and working in labs. Somewhere in here, behind sealed doors, elevators and a system of self-destruction in case there’s a risk it gets away, there’s a sence of dread and stress that shows in the team in spite of their strict procedures and proffesionalism when their fate is decided by their analyzis and the blinking of these cold war-era computers carrying the results.

I enjoyed it all a couple of times. It’s slow but it also feel very tight. Sure, many folks would have a better time watching it on 2x speed nowadays, although it may hurt the suspense of the movie.

CW: lab animals, cut wounds, strobing lights

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/andromeda_strain