Adrenalin: Fear the Rush (1996)

The Russian government has collapsed. Amidst the chaos, riots, and struggle for power, a terrible weapon has leaked out. Virulent microflage, a deadly germ of the cold war has begun to ... See full summary »

Director:

Albert Pyun

Writer:

Albert Pyun

Stars:

Christopher Lambert, Natasha Henstridge, Norbert Weisser

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Christopher Lambert	...	Lemieux
Natasha Henstridge	...	Delon
Norbert Weisser	...	Cuzo
Elizabeth Barondes	...	Wocek
Xavier Declie	...	Volker
Darrell Davis	...	Suspect (as Craig Davis)
Nicholas Guest	...	Capt. B. Rennard
Andrew Divoff	...	Sterns
Jon H. Epstein	...	General Waxman (as Jon Epstein)
Miriam Zezulkova	...	Additional Cop
Blanka Copikova	...	Additional Cop
Martin Hindy	...	Additional Cop
Jana Lonckova	...	Nurse
Zdenka Gasparovicova	...	Nurse
Maria Mickovicova	...	Nurse

Storyline

The Russian government has collapsed. Amidst the chaos, riots, and struggle for power, a terrible weapon has leaked out. Virulent microflage, a deadly germ of the cold war has begun to spread across Eastern Europe, killing massive numbers of people. Now, in a quarantine camp set up for immigrants in 2017 Boston, one vicious murderer has the disease. Within two hours he will become violently contagious, and it is up to a team of officers in a race against time to track him down and stop him... if he doesn't kill them first.

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Plot Keywords:

chase | biological weapon | epidemic | quarantine | race against time | 

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Taglines:

If he's not dead by dawn...we are.

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for gruesome violence and gore, and for strong language

Details

Official Sites:

Miramax

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 November 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

Adrenalin

Filming Locations:

Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$37,536, 8 December 1996, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$37,536, 8 December 1996

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmwerks, Largo Entertainment, Toga Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

77 min 94 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director Albert Pyun shot Nemesis 4 in between taking part in reshoots for this movie.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Delon: No one saw it coming. We were all looking out for big things. A nuclear accident, another Chernobyl... As the Russian republic split apart, no one knew who was responsible for what. While they were trying to figure it out, something leaked, something small. It rolled through eastern Europe moving west like a giant wave of death. They called it virulent microphage.
Title Card: Boston 2007 A.D.
Delon: When the United States saw the potential for the disease on its home shores, it put the recent ...

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Alternate Versions

German Video-Version (ratio 4:3) runs much longer than the US-Release (R-Rated) but is finally not uncut. German TV-Version ist also cut but does not contain the same cuts like the Video-Release. The full uncut version was running on Pay-TV in it's original ratio 1:2.35

User Reviews

Evil, explicit and exciting

Although I can accept the critics of the minimal storyline this movie shows, I don't get what's the real problem with it. The effects and stunts are okay. The characters are of a standard kind for a movie like that. Story and idea are on a good atmospheric level. And the main argument for rating this movie on a higher position: Excitement... really nerve wrecking excitement. Also, Natasha Henstridge and Christopher Lambert did a good job. I like both of them as actors and charmful characters. The combination of Mad Max, Bone Collector and Escape from NY fits to the main actors and results in a interesting and thrilling movie based in somewhat dirty end-times.