Contagion (2011)

7/10

Solid storytelling even without a main heroic character.

Plot: A thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak.

This film really explores the effects of an outbreak through the lives of many live and also showing how the spread started. It does a great job showing people's reaction to the pandemic. A misguided blogger who become the cause of violence. A father who experience drastic loss as a result of the pandemic and must now protect his daughter from any harm. A doctor visiting China ends up involved in a village that is fighting to survive.

The movie is dialogue driven with the different stories intertwining with kept me intrigued. The acting was phenomenal with a solid cast making the film very believable and raw.

Every event in the movie felt very realistic, which contributes to the intensity and the fearful element of the film. It brought out the horror of humans in "every man for himself" situations. The different events in Contagion is all to possible and has definitely left me a bit shaken at the end of the film.

I would not be RE-watching this film again anytime soon, but it is definitely a movie worth watching! I recommend this to a selected audience and as it is intense. I would not recommend you to watch this back to back with  Blindness (unless you want to feel scared, upset and depressed).