"It's a bad day to be a human."
Sounds like a tagline written for or by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Where else can you find Eric McCormack, Benjamin Bratt, and Ricky Schroder under the same headline - but as the cast for the remake of the Andromeda Strain. Graphics wise, this movie is far superior than the 1971 cult classic, however, overall, this movie falls short to capture what the first movie did - fear of the unknown.
Throughout this television remake, there are hints of government conspiracy riddled throughout the film. I haven't read the Crichton novel on this one, but I know that movie adaptations of films usually fall flat in comparison.
A positive note to this film was that it was filmed in Hollywood North - which was quite evident when you saw the U.S. Press Secretary cast as the "Dad" from one of the local Rogers Home Phone commercials. For us Canadian fans, its good to see that everyone in Canada can have a job in the U.S. government. Another obvious point was the West Jet private plane used to carry the scientists to the secret base facility.
The casting of Daniel Dae Kim gave this television movie instant credibility coming off his role as Jin from Lost. He does add to this movie, but there are too many detractors. Eric McCormack has yet to cast his type casting from Will and Grace and makes a poor troubled journalist in this film while Benjamin Bratt is not a believable doctor / lead scientist. I just cannot buy it!
In the end, the film was filled with too much government conspiracy and not enough science fiction... which I believe was still the intent of Crichton's literary version in the first place. However, this movie did not need to be a 2 part 4 hour blockbuster on A&E neither.
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