Contagion obviously became a popular watch at a time like this, when everyone on the planet is under the terror of coronavirus or SARS-CoV-2. The film not just for this reason, but also because of the extreme replication of what is going on today, is highly watchable.
Even writing the plot of the film here seems eerie to me. Nevertheless, the film is based on a virus that first affects an American woman in Hong Kong and later spreads out to the world becoming a global pandemic.
The film not just replicates the scenario but also tells you where we are right now in terms of progress towards curbing the problem barely 30 mins into the film. So yes, it’s quite scary how much is left to yet be unfolded.
After a point, my mind subconsciously started hoping that I’d able to figure out the actual vaccine of coronavirus by the end of the film.
With an ensemble of Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard among others, the film represents a hypothetical breakout that dreadfully seeps in and starts affecting all lives, requiring people to practice social distancing, washing hands and staying in quarantine.
Given that the film came out in 2011, just 9 years before, it is almost as if one should contact the filmmakers to unfold the inception and cure of coronavirus.
Ofcourse the politics involved around a global pandemic isn’t even a quarter to what is actually going on presently. Almost five months in lockdown, the terror is seeping away, even if the virus isn’t.
Director Steven Soderbergh makes sure to keep the viewers at the edge of their seats and makes it too real for anyone watching it.
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