Intro
It
is a Soderbergh film. Traffic and Syriana type, not the Ocean 11, 12
type.
Synopsis
MEV-1
Virus versus all of humankind. The virus spreads and mutates...the
WHO and the CDC look for ways to contain, quarantine and vaccinate
the world's population. We don't want to lose 1 % of our population
like in 1918 when the Spanish flu ate 3% of us.
Good
It
is another Soderbergh film. I could have finished this part of the
review with that line, but I will say more in another small paragraph
which follows...
Incredibly
well researched but very simply put... This is a docu- drama of sorts
for every one. I for one feel well educated about how a pandemic
starts and spreads. What is an R-0 (R-Nought)? How do diseases cross
borders. And how do these new viruses get formed. The thrifty editing
and no nonsense story progression keeps the audience well engaged,
though in an indifferent way.... Which takes us to the next
section.
Bad
I
will not stop short of calling the script boring by saying the
following-
- The different plot lines don't connect
- Some parts of the script are rather forgettable and not needed - for instance Gwyneth Paltrow cheating on her husband Matt Damon
- The parts of the whole do not sink in and causes indifference even as a million people die on screen - for instance after the movie was done, a friend asked me if Kate Winslet was dead or alive at the end of the whole thing
Ugly
This
pandemic thing is real- I have a friend who worked in a government
hospital when the whole swine flu thing broke out and she told me how
one of the doctors had died during the whole thing. I worried for her
own safety a lot and I can only imagine the mental agony she must
have had dealing with - indifferent nurses, dying colleagues,
personal safety, dying people and public anger.
Watch
this movie if you want to educate yourself stay home if you want
entertainment.
Marks-
6/10.
A Soderbergh movie which is not as good as Traffic.
