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Patient Zero

Movie·2018·Horror, Thriller, Action·1h 27m·5.3 (405)·Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky

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After an unprecedented global pandemic has turned the majority of humankind into violent infected beings, Morgan, a man gifted with the ability to speak the infected's new language, leads the last survivors on a hunt for patient zero and a cure.

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Matt SmithMatt SmithMorganNatalie DormerNatalie DormerGinaClive StandenClive StandenColonel KnoxAgyness DeynAgyness DeynJanetStanley TucciStanley TucciThe ProfessorJohn BradleyJohn BradleyScooterColin McFarlaneColin McFarlaneGeneral PierceJames NorthcoteJames Northcote'Pete Townshend'

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