

Acting
Terry O'Quinn brings his usual government-man intensity.
Production
Surprisingly ambitious scope for a 2001 TV budget.

Director
Robert Mandel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released months before 9/11, its bioterror paranoia feels eerily prescient yet now reads as quaint compared to actual 21st-century chaos.
Director Robert Mandel had just come off The Substitute films; this was his 'serious' pivot that USA Network buried.