Contagion

Strong Ensemble Somewhat Wasted in Plot Heavy Film


Contagion is dutifully directed by sometimes artist, sometimes hack Steve Soderbergh, in a crisp, efficient, if emotionless manner.  The movie is about a disease rapidly spreading with the potential of wiping out a good chunk of the world's population.  Usually in a giant disaster movie, films primarily follow a family; people who are at risk of exposure and lack the means to save themselves.  This film instead primarily focuses on a few government workers trying to come up to a solution.

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