'Contagion' Movie Review

Well this is it, it's been a while since I've put my opinions down in writing for any one to read. Let me get this clear my spelling is atrocious and I'm not hugely interested in how many people agree or disagree with me..... In all probability most people will be indifferent!The angry man thing, well my wife has a theory that I get slightly too angry about films and stuff I really can't control.  I guess maybe one of these days I'll get so angry that the time space continum may fracture...Read Full Story

Director: Steven SoderberghWhen you really think about it, the world of film is desperately trying to end the world or kill off the human race. Whether it be an alien invasion, nuclear war or, in the case of Contagion, a deadly virus. With an ensemble cast it had a big budget of over $60million and was heavily advertised. Soderbergh said he wanted to make an ''ultra-realistic'' film about scientific and social response to an epidemic around the world. He was praised by many scientists for the...Read Full Story

How would the world react to a deadly, untreatable virus outbreak?  How would it not only affect me and you, but how would it play out on the political, medical and societal stage?  How would the world deal with such chaos?   It’s an interesting, valid posit and film is a great place to explore such hypothetical, yet frighteningly realistic situations.  However, film has certain limits and trying to address every single problem arising from such an epidemic would be extremely difficult to do...Read Full Story

Contagion (2011) TS x264 Team21IMDB infoLanguage: English101 min | 720 x 384 | 29.97 fps | Mkv | AAC - 112kbs - 48KHz - Stereo | 399 MBGenre: Drama | Sci-Fi | ThrillerStars: Matt Damon, Kate Winslet and Jude LawSoon after her return from a business trip to Hong Kong, Beth Emhoff dies from what is a flu or some other type of infection. Her young son dies a few days later. Her husband Mitch however seems immune. Thus begins the spread of a deadly infection. For doctors and administrators at the...Read Full Story

The Bottom Line Should you see it? Yes Why? Scary in its global epidemic authenticity, Contagion is a unique modern thriller. Steven Soderbergh's zombie movie sans zombies makes a global pandemic seem a little too real, but does little to offer any kind of screen satisfaction. Contagion works like a zombie movie because it contains all the elements of films like 28 Days Later, The Road, and the TV series The Walking Dead. Streets lay empty, houses are boarded up, the population decreases...Read Full Story