Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Run time: 106 min
Don't talk to anyone. Don't touch anyone.
This one can be easily called Virus, Actually just like Love, Actually, a hyperlink (?) film with bunch of marquee names and it's all about one theme. This time it is virus and lucky for the viewers it's not about zombie or being as silly as Resident Evil.
But Soderbergh take another approach, he make it 'what if a lethal viral disease' is happening right now?' in the style of documentary and realism. Following Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) who contracted the virus in Hong Kong and his husband (Matt Damon) must face this. Then there's Dr Ellis Cheever (Laurence Fishburne) the head of CDC who send Dr Erin Mears (Kate Winslet) to investigate. Meanwhile the virus spread so fast, creating panic in the society, fueled by an activist blogger Alan Krumwiede (Jude Law) who publishes inflammatory and controversial stories about conspiracy theory involving the government and the pharmaceutical company.
Then there is Dr. Orantes (Marion Cotillard), a WHO investigator, who is being kidnapped by her Chinese counterpart Sun Feng (Chin Han); she is being held for a ransom of the vaccine, as soon as it is developed.
It is not only virus being taken care of in this film but also the fabric of the society plus how fast the spread of fear among people is. The film itself is good but at certain point it feels too brainy and left no space for character development due to the number of ensemble cast almost the same as the number of players of a football team.
This is not pure entertainment and felt like some documentary which pose us the most common question: what would you do in such situation? Would we just work separately and not as a global citizen helping each other regardless of politics and interest?
Run time: 106 min
Don't talk to anyone. Don't touch anyone.
This one can be easily called Virus, Actually just like Love, Actually, a hyperlink (?) film with bunch of marquee names and it's all about one theme. This time it is virus and lucky for the viewers it's not about zombie or being as silly as Resident Evil.
But Soderbergh take another approach, he make it 'what if a lethal viral disease' is happening right now?' in the style of documentary and realism. Following Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) who contracted the virus in Hong Kong and his husband (Matt Damon) must face this. Then there's Dr Ellis Cheever (Laurence Fishburne) the head of CDC who send Dr Erin Mears (Kate Winslet) to investigate. Meanwhile the virus spread so fast, creating panic in the society, fueled by an activist blogger Alan Krumwiede (Jude Law) who publishes inflammatory and controversial stories about conspiracy theory involving the government and the pharmaceutical company.
Then there is Dr. Orantes (Marion Cotillard), a WHO investigator, who is being kidnapped by her Chinese counterpart Sun Feng (Chin Han); she is being held for a ransom of the vaccine, as soon as it is developed.
It is not only virus being taken care of in this film but also the fabric of the society plus how fast the spread of fear among people is. The film itself is good but at certain point it feels too brainy and left no space for character development due to the number of ensemble cast almost the same as the number of players of a football team.
This is not pure entertainment and felt like some documentary which pose us the most common question: what would you do in such situation? Would we just work separately and not as a global citizen helping each other regardless of politics and interest?
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