Contagion (2011)

Contagion. Dir. Steven Soderbergh, 2011.

This was a pretty good movie. And it was both less scary and less gruesome than I was expecting, which was a personal plus. As my bio-major friend with whom I saw it said, in terms of disease prevention and pandemic response, "This movie didn't really tell us anything we didn't already know."

Let me give you a plot summary: an entirely new virus emerges somewhere in the world (but WHERE?) and begins doing what viruses do best, i.e. infecting its hosts, namely human beings. The drama comes from the search for a cure (WHEN will it happen?) as we watch characters around the world, but mostly Stateside, to whom we've been introduced with varying degrees of depth, deal with the pandemic and its social consequences (WHO will die?). Also featuring Sanjay Gupta, as himself.

( Spoilers are highly infectious. )

Contagion (2011)

Contagion. Dir. Steven Soderbergh, 2011.

This was a pretty good movie. And it was both less scary and less gruesome than I was expecting, which was a personal plus. As my bio-major friend with whom I saw it said, in terms of disease prevention and pandemic response, "This movie didn't really tell us anything we didn't already know."

Let me give you a plot summary: an entirely new virus emerges somewhere in the world (but WHERE?) and begins doing what viruses do best, i.e. infecting its hosts, namely human beings. The drama comes from the search for a cure (WHEN will it happen?) as we watch characters around the world, but mostly Stateside, to whom we've been introduced with varying degrees of depth, deal with the pandemic and its social consequences (WHO will die?). Also featuring Sanjay Gupta, as himself.

( Spoilers are highly infectious. )

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