Factor 8 (TV 2009)
"Faktor 8 - Der Tag ist gekommen" (original title)

Director:

Rainer Matsutani

Writer:

Benedikt Roeskau

Stars:

Jaymes Butler, André Hennicke, Stephan Luca

Cast

Credited cast:
Jaymes Butler	...	Pascal
André Hennicke	...	Peter Brandt
Stephan Luca	...	Peter Keller
François Goeske	...	Frank
Muriel Baumeister	...	Anne Hecker
Gesine Cukrowski	...	Prof. Heike Ahlers
Max von Thun	...	Peter von Dormagen
Philippe Reinhardt	...	Moritz
Emilia Schüle	...	Julia Hecker
Kirsten Block	...	Birgit Petersen
Heio von Stetten	...	Thomas Gallus
John Friedmann	...	Chris
Max Felder	...	Sven
Oliver Mommsen	...	Gregor Hecker
Bela Klentze	...	Stefan

Storyline

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama

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Details

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Release Date:

5 October 2009 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Factor 8

Filming Locations:

Bavaria Filmstudios, Geiselgasteig, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wiedemann & Berg Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Incredibly bad research work

This movie is about a presumed virus outbreak during a flight from south Asia to Munich. Most of all, the scientific premise is utterly wrong. Retroviruses is shown as multiplying in erythrocytes, which lack a) DNA (necessary for retrovirus replication) and b) the enzymatic apparatus for multiplying any viral nucleic acids.

Some other basics are mentioned at some time in act 1, but completely ignored later on. Most of all, the virus being transported via air conditioning.

Lots of small glitches, incredible acting, improbable dialogs and reactions of characters.

After all, it does have some suspense, otherwise I would have rated it "1".