Rating of
3.5/4
Scary, Realistic, and Moving
mitchellyoung - wrote on 01/19/12
This is a terrifying and heartfelt film - rooted in a bio-tragedy that feels all-too real. Soderbergh refuses to give the virus any sort of backstory (until the closing scenes), and instead immerses us in a snowballing disaster that grows to a global scale. The way the film switches quickly from storyline to storyline feels very immediate and keeps the pace of the film going, as the threat of infection grows. The film, however, also has great compassion for its characters and refuses to treat them as faceless victims (as a lesser director might have done.) Rather, the all-star cast each get their own moments of humanity amid a growing, very scary disaster.
