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8 May 1993 (USA)
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This drama, based on Alan Bowne's play "Beirut," takes place in a decrepit New York City of the near future, controlled by a fascist government. full summary | add synopsis
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Moira Kelly | ... | Blue | |
| Cuba Gooding Jr. | ... | Torch | |
| Martha Plimpton | ... | Laurie | |
| Omar Epps | ... | Hunter | |
| Amir Williams | ... | Willie | |
| David Eigenberg | ... | Bucky | |
| Alice Drummond | ... | Anna | |
| John Cameron Mitchell | ... | Lennie | |
| Willie Garson | ... | Simon | |
| Mark Boone Junior | ... | Quarantine Guard (as Mark Boone Jr.) | |
| Deirdre O'Connell | ... | Mom | |
| Jon Seda | ... | Payne | |
| Phil Parolisi | ... | Russell | |
| Paul Butler | ... | Truck Driver | |
| Alix Koromzay | ... | Woman in Quarantine |
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Bloodstream (UK) (theatrical title)
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A few of the people making earlier comments missed the point of this film. The disease described wasn't AIDS-like, it was AIDS. I suspect a few viewers may be too young to remember the near hysteria of the mid to late 1980s that had otherwise rational people calling for all HIV positive people to be permanently interned.
Clearly the writer(s) of Daybreak wanted to illustrate one possible future in which fear was allowed to win out. This has a strong message to send us in 2005 too.
The love story was central to the movie as a chain is created from Ellen to Torch to Blue. Ellen was passionate about saving people. Neither Torch nor Blue started that way but took up the cause when the one they loved fell to the all powerful authorities. The lack of decisive ending, other than the continuation of the resistance, shows that not all problems are easily solved and can be nearly wrapped up in a 1.5 hour movie.