When cholera-tainted shrimp from Mexico is served to people on a Los Angeles-bound plane, an outbreak ensues and a doctor sets out to find and contain the source before it turns into an epidemic.
Acting
Elizabeth Peña elevating every scene she's in, as always.
Production
Gloriously cheap plane set that wobbles when people walk.
Director
Joe Napolitano
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired on USA Network in 1997, part of their 'USA Original Movie' slate that also birthed cinematic giants like 'Ice Spiders' and 'Mansquito.'
Director Joe Napolitano spent most of his career on 'The X-Files,' which explains why this feels like a rejected monster-of-the-week with the supernatural elements surgically removed.