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5.9A blackout leaves those affected to consider what is necessary, what is legal, and what is questionable, in order to survive in a predatory environment.
Released: 1996-08-3094 minDir: David KoeppDrama, ThrillerBudget: $8.0MBox office: $3.6M
Cast
- Kyle MacLachlan as Matthew
- Elisabeth Shue as Annie
- Dermot Mulroney as Joe
- Richard T. Jones as Raymond
- Bill Smitrovich as Steph
- Michael Rooker as Gary
Themes
- blackout
- riot
- power outage
- sick child
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Ratings
IMDb
5.7/10
8,189 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
72%
Metacritic
66/100
- Year
- 1996
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- R
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 91
- FilmAffinity ID
- 335454
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- publication date
- 1996-01-01
- title
- The Trigger Effect
- review score
- 73%
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Categories
1996 American films1996 directorial debut films1996 English-language films1996 films1996 psychological thriller filmsAmblin Entertainment filmsAmerican disaster filmsAmerican psychological thriller filmsDisaster thriller filmsEnglish-language thriller filmsFilms directed by David KoeppFilms scored by James Newton HowardFilms set in CaliforniaFilms set in cinemas and movie theatersFilms shot in Los AngelesFilms with screenplays by David KoeppGramercy Pictures filmsTemplate film date with 2 release datesThe Twilight ZoneWorks about power outages