The Drone Virus (2004)

• 37%
• 2004
• Science Fiction
• Thriller
• Damon O'Steen
• Billy Wirth
• Maeve Quinlan
• Philip Boyd

After a successful treatment of cancer of the girl Jaime Roland, the former hacker Stephen Roland is convinced by Dr. Caine to let her be submitted to a MRI scanner by the specialist Dr. Colleen O'Brian to check that she is totally cured. During the examination, Jaime has seizure and dies. Stephen has a meeting with the Director Dr. Jamison and requests explanations about the death of his daughter. He claims malpractice or malfunction of the equipment and Dr. Jamison tells that only after the autopsy it would be possible to know the true cause. Further, he introduces the responsible for the experimental MRI equipment Al Bercovicci that explains that the equipment is working perfectly. After the autopsy, Dr. Jamison accuses Dr. Caine of malpractice and tells that the girl had several tumors in her head. However Stephen does not buy the story and teams-up with Colleen. He uses his computer knowledge to investigate and finds a complex of power and economical interests involved to approve the scanner and buy it.