Movie review: Contagion
Contagion is a fast-paced thriller about what would happen if a mutant virus (with no known cure or vaccine) started spreading around the world, along the lines of the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic. The action bounces from the World Health Organization and CDC, as scientists frantically try to find the source of the virus and develop a vaccine, to the panicky and increasingly desperate population trying to stay safe and get their hands on a treatment that will actually work.
The only quibble I had with the plot was the story line involving Jude Law as an internet blogger/rumormonger/profiteer. Every time the focus shifted back to him, the momentum of the movie was kind of thrown off. But other than that, the story seems frighteningly plausible and when it ended, I really just wanted to wash my hands and stay away from large crowds.
The movie did give me a whole new appreciation for those brave scientists who head into the thick of an epidemic to track down the origins and the way it is spreading, putting themselves right in harm's way.
The only quibble I had with the plot was the story line involving Jude Law as an internet blogger/rumormonger/profiteer. Every time the focus shifted back to him, the momentum of the movie was kind of thrown off. But other than that, the story seems frighteningly plausible and when it ended, I really just wanted to wash my hands and stay away from large crowds.
The movie did give me a whole new appreciation for those brave scientists who head into the thick of an epidemic to track down the origins and the way it is spreading, putting themselves right in harm's way.
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