Factor 8 - The day has come
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| Original title | Factor 8 - The day has come |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 95 minutes |
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| Director | Rainer Matsutani |
| script | Benedikt Röskau |
| production | Wiedemann & Berg film production |
| music | Philipp F. Koelmel |
| camera | Gerhard Schirlo |
| cut | Marco Pav d'Auria |
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Factor 8 - The day has come is a German TV film from 2009. It was first broadcast on October 5, 2009 on ProSieben .
action
On the flight to Germany an epidemic broke out in an Airbus coming from Thailand , and the first passengers died before landing. The German government makes the decision to quarantine the aircraft on a disused military airfield in Bavaria, which has an NBC-protected hangar . The airfield is cordoned off by the police, German armed forces and GSG 9 . The GSG 9 commander takes command of the base.
Doctors treat the passengers with the previously considered effective coagulant factor 8 . However, this drug does not cure, it only relieves symptoms. Outside of the plane, researchers observe the further development of the pathogen. Treatment with factor 8 soon turns out to be a fatal mistake because the virus has changed in the meantime; the remedy no longer just stops the bleeding, but turns the blood into a gel-like mass.
It is known that the Thai military brought the virus under control with a bombardment on the island from which the Airbus came, following the principle of heat sterilization. This is also suggested by an employee of the Ministry of Health, but the government refuses. Nevertheless, a federal policeman wants to fire a rocket launcher at the aircraft's fuel tanks, sacrificing himself, to destroy the aircraft with the virus while it is still in the hangar. It can be stopped in time.
As the number of infected people continued to rise, panic broke out on board the plane; violent clashes break out. In order to prevent the virus from spreading, the passengers want to let the plane fly to an uninhabited island belonging to the Midway Group and wait there for possible help. An employee of the airline Air Germany , whose family is on board, finally steers the plane towards the island in the middle of the Pacific. In the meantime, the professor who is leading the investigation into the virus discovers a new mutation in the pathogen that is even more dangerous and aggressive than the previously known form.
In the last scene, a subtitle tells you that the plane is disappearing from the radar screens over the North Sea and is believed to have been lost.
background
In the film, the Airbus A340 is used for the outside scenes.
The cockpit does not correspond to the original of an Airbus A340, as this machine has a sidestick for control. However, the cockpit in the film has a control horn . It is a replica of a Boeing 737-800 cockpit . In addition, the Boeing 737-800 only has two thrust levers, which contradict the four engines of the A340.
Audience ratings
When it was first broadcast on ProSieben on October 5, 2009, the ratings were 14.2 percent (1.82 million) in the target group of 14 to 49 year old viewers. A total of 2.64 million viewers followed the film.
criticism
"Please put on your face mask and turn your brain off! Director Rainer Matsutani and author Benedikt Röskau do not take prisoners. This extraordinary low-flying aircraft adorns every 'Bad Taste' party with shrill ideas and outrageous dialogues. Conclusion: So blatant that there is no boredom. "
“[…] Despite the well-known cast with great actors like Max von Thun and Muriel Baumeister, the characters on the plane have all been largely wasted. The viewer is in no way given access to them, rather one only observes their fate. On the other hand, the characters outside the aircraft, the chiefs of security and researchers, above all André Hennicke as GSG-9 commander, are more convincing, as there is no need to bond with them. So only the scenario itself is authentic, because the shooting took place in the confined space of a real airplane. In the plot of the film, the possibility of destroying the machine remains open until the end. A dark option in a dark 'thrill time'. "
Web links
- Film on the production company's website
- Factor 8 - The day has come in theInternet Movie Database(English)