Fatal Error

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Fatal Error is a 1999 American television film starring Janine Turner and Antonio Sabàto Jr. based on Ben Mezrich's 1998 novel Reaper. The film premiered on TBS on March 28, 1999.

Fatal Error
Genre	Action Sci-fi
Based on	Reaper by Ben Mezrich
Screenplay by	Rockne S. O'Bannon
Directed by	Armand Mastroianni
Starring	Janine Turner Antonio Sabàto Jr.
Music by	Ron Ramin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Rick Arredondo Randy Sutter
Cinematography	David Geddes
Editor	Peter V. White
Running time	91 minutes
Production companies	Stephanie Germain Productions Von Zerneck Sertner Films TBS Superstation
Original release
Network	TBS
Release	March 28, 1999 (1999-03-28)

It also stars Robert Wagner, Malcolm Stewart and Catherine Lough Haggquist.^[1]

Reception

David Kronke of Variety said, "TBS' maiden entry into original filmmaking, "Fatal Error," is a diverting enough cautionary technophobic thriller pointedly commenting on the ossifying effects of addiction to TV and computers, even if the filmmakers don't exploit the satire particularly well."^[2] Earl Cressey of DVD Talk said, "Fatal Error starts off fairly decent, but soon delves into the regular rut of most made for TV films: it becomes predictable and clichéd. It almost seems like The X-Files gone bad."^[3]