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A deadly virus from space wipes out a New Mexico town, leaving only a baby and a drunk alive.
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After an errant satellite crashes to Earth near a remote New Mexico village, the recovery team discovers that almost everyone in the town are victims of a horrible death, with the mysterious exception of an infant and an old homeless man. The Andromeda Strain is based on Michael Crichton's best-selling novel that created national paranoia for its topical relevance to the first moon landing.
"Classic from the 1970s directed by Robert Wise, 'The Andromeda Strain' is a dystopia about epidemics coming from space. After all, the plot starts with the fall of a satellite from space, landing in New Mexico. There, it releases an alien virus that kills everyone in a small town, except for a baby and a drunk. From there, the story, based on a book by Michael Crichton, mixes suspense, thriller and drama to show the importance of science in decisive moments and, mainly, to explore the effects of life in society."