That is what the bad guys predict as ghey put an evil plot together, not including themselves obviously among the casualties. Conspiracies and evil plots all begin with a bunch of innocuous research and conversation, and for over half of this rather short TV movie, that's what you get, giving a viewer an inside scoop on one of the most evil efforts to gain power and financial gain and put the world to its knees.
It involves the use of a nerve gas to kill off the population of San Diego, and that would mean other locations to follow. The use of a time stamp revealing countdown to disaster shows that there's not much time to waste, with a presidential candidate convention going on in the area, indicating just "the president" as the candidate, making no bones about who it is.
An excellent cast of an all male ensemble brings this political thriller to life, based on a story by Michael Crichton. The only women are a few extras, one of them nearly run down by the villain, E. G. Marshall, who is speeding down a major San Diego boulevard without regard to public safety. He's up against an excellent Ben Gazzara as the federal agent determined to stop this plot from hatching. All done in a 90 minute time slot when movies of the week were rushed out, but many classics like this coming from them.
It involves the use of a nerve gas to kill off the population of San Diego, and that would mean other locations to follow. The use of a time stamp revealing countdown to disaster shows that there's not much time to waste, with a presidential candidate convention going on in the area, indicating just "the president" as the candidate, making no bones about who it is.
An excellent cast of an all male ensemble brings this political thriller to life, based on a story by Michael Crichton. The only women are a few extras, one of them nearly run down by the villain, E. G. Marshall, who is speeding down a major San Diego boulevard without regard to public safety. He's up against an excellent Ben Gazzara as the federal agent determined to stop this plot from hatching. All done in a 90 minute time slot when movies of the week were rushed out, but many classics like this coming from them.