The China Syndrome

About The China Syndrome

While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.

The China Syndrome is a 1979 thriller film directed by James Bridges. Released in March 1979, it runs 122 minutes.

Jane Fonda stars as Kimberly Wells, Michael Douglas as Richard Adams, Jack Lemmon as Jack Godell, and Scott Brady as Herman De Young. Written by James Bridges and Mike Gray.

Members will find tragedy, earthquake, whistleblower, and nuclear power plant in it. It streams on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States.

Silkwood, San Andreas, and The Legend of Zorro make useful companions to The China Syndrome, all filed under radiation. It scores 7.1 out of 10 from 548 TMDB voters and it carries a PG rating.