Although one listicle I consulted lists 50 films that Hollywood has produced about biological warfare (including The Rock, Eleventh Hour, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Code Red), it feels this is one of the very few to zero in on what would be known as COVID a decade later. From one perspective, it's pretty eerie watching this after the world was forever changed by COVID. Another way to look at it is that it's simply a film that highlights human folly. Think about it: Nine years before it happened, this film exposes the very realistic possibility that a bat in Eastern Asia could create a mutated virus which could throw humanity in chaos and kill millions of people. And yet, we didn't adequately prepare for the possibility or stop the spread of it across oceans. Either way, it's an eerily prescient film and a fascinating artifact from a pre-Covid era.
This is a thriller and an ensemble film juggling storylines including a widowed dad (Matt Damon) whose wife (Gwyneth Paltrow) was Patient Zero, a muckraking reporter (Jude Law), various scientists on the ground (Kate Winslet and Marion Cotillard), and political middlemen who manage them (Enrico Colantoni). It's a true ensemble film with some heavy-hitting actors taking small roles just to fit in the whole.
It's also a thought-provoking film, and while it's a grim one, it's also littered with shades of hope .
This is a thriller and an ensemble film juggling storylines including a widowed dad (Matt Damon) whose wife (Gwyneth Paltrow) was Patient Zero, a muckraking reporter (Jude Law), various scientists on the ground (Kate Winslet and Marion Cotillard), and political middlemen who manage them (Enrico Colantoni). It's a true ensemble film with some heavy-hitting actors taking small roles just to fit in the whole.
It's also a thought-provoking film, and while it's a grim one, it's also littered with shades of hope .