- HD 1080
- Runtime: 94m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: David Koepp
- Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Elisabeth Shue, Dermot Mulroney, Richard T. Jones, Bill Smitrovich
- keywords: blackout, riot, power outage, sick child
- Production_studio: Gramercy Pictures, Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment
- Slogan: When Nothing Works, Anything Goes.
- The The Trigger Effect is featured in the top rankings of 1996
- #53 in Top Thriller Movies of 1996
A blackout leaves those affected to consider what is necessary, what is legal, and what is questionable, in order to survive in a predatory environment.