There are a lot of films describing viruses, but after a lot of loss related, not many monster-related ones are left, and most of the rest are sci-fi thrillers like alien bacteria. And there are very few real things like this film. Those who are interested in medicine, like to play the plague company, and want to understand the biochemical control in the real world, if you are one of these types of people, don't miss this film.
The most valuable thing about infectious diseases is the multi-angle narrative, but it has a good balance. The characters portrayed are not face-to-face, flesh and blood, good people and bad people, but none of them go to extremes. Some positive characters also have shortcomings, making them not like on the screen, but in reality. Sometimes when I look at it, I will have an illusion. I feel that this is not a fictional story, but another interpretation of SARS back then in parallel space.
The film forms a multi-line narrative from multiple angles. These lines are relatively independent of each other, but they cover everything in a virus crisis.
Line 1: Dr Cheever sent Dr Mears to the front line of the epidemic to arrange epidemic prevention.
Line 2: Female epidemiologists are sent to Hong Kong to find the source of No. 0 soldiers.
Line 3: Virologists develop antidote
Line 4: Matt Damon and his family were hit by the virus, and he and his daughter survived and lived hard
Line 5: The Internet celebrity blogger played by Jude Law profited by spreading rumors about the virus epidemic.
These lines cover almost everything about an infectious disease disaster, but it is rare that the narrative is clear and not complicated.
The most chilling in the film is the unscrupulous reporter played by Jude Law, which also shows the terrible rumors in the face of crisis. And if a real crisis comes, I believe everyone can imagine how many such so-called internet celebrities chasing the truth will appear on the Internet.
Fortunately, the medical workers in the film showed more hope for humanity, so that the film did not fall into the social criticism of humanity, but still based the tone on human efforts to defeat the virus. Especially when Dr. Mills still wanted to take care of the patient at the last moment before the sacrifice, and when the female virologist (the name is really forgotten) was standing in front of the surviving monkey 57 with hope in her cute biochemical suit. . Maybe I like this film because it is still filmed mainly from the medical point of view of virus prevention.
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