If it weren't for the epidemic, I don't think many people would think of watching this movie. But after watching the movie, it's clear that it's a bit of a stretch. To sum it up in one sentence, it is a bit anticlimactic.
Why do you say this way? Because there is a missing picture of the catastrophic eventuality caused by the epidemic, and how do people overcome this plague? What did people experience in the process of finally defeating the plague?
All these questions, even after watching the movie, I still have a deep question mark in my heart. Because what the director wants to express is more like a political struggle than a worldwide catastrophe caused by an infectious disease.
At the beginning of the film, the heroine No. 1 flirts with her ex. They've just had a midnight binge and are in need of a phone call to smooth out each other's throbbing and active hormones.
But at this time, our No. 1 heroine has been infected, and we learned through the plot that she has just returned from a business trip in Hong Kong. If I hadn't read other people's film reviews, I wouldn't have known that he and the Japanese are from the same company.
They travel around Asia to inspect new projects. And these projects are relatively vague at the end of the film. In short, they are to destroy the forest land, obtain raw materials, and then make something, which may be olive oil or some kind of food.
The logic of the plot is relatively rough in the explanation of the film. So we are also probably going to restore the entire film structure.
After the No. 1 heroine finished her business in Asia, the client invited him to Macau for entertainment (food, gambling). And it was during this process that our heroine contracted a terrible virus.
Almost without exception, everyone he came into contact with at the casino was infected. These people are actually quite wrong. They could have lived a good life, but in the end they lost their lives because of an accident.
When the heroine returned to the United States, she did not go home directly, but detoured to Chicago. She met her ex-husband and longed to have fun together again.
It is also unclear why the plot here should describe the No. 1 heroine so slutty. Or, the heroine also chose to dial the ex-account (casino drinking) just under the influence of alcohol.
When he returned to the United States, the source of infection began to spread everywhere, first infecting his son, then the students at the school, and then it went out of control.
Here we clearly see the American society, business interests and morality fighting in the face of disaster.
The No. 2 male protagonist (a freelance journalist) in the film, under the guise of seeking well-being for everyone's lives, claims that the so-called winged wings can cure the pain caused by the virus.
When I first read it, I would think that journalists in the United States have high moral literacy, but then I found out that this is nothing more than a conspiracy transaction.
At the level of the government, of course, I don't want everyone to eat the so-called even wings, because it has not been verified, and you don't know if there will be any adverse effects after eating it. In case of eating and causing a more serious infection, who will be responsible for this?
In contrast to our current epidemic, we can also see some experts shouting: a certain oral liquid can treat pneumonia. But then what? Still overthrown.
It's not that the government likes to overthrow the drugs that save everyone's lives, but that a drug that has not been scientifically verified hastily taken it. The uncontrollable results caused by it are very unbearable for the front-line scientists.
But that reporter wouldn't listen to this. He just felt that the government had done something wrong, and all the government's actions were deceitful in his eyes (this is very similar to some of our online jokes).
If we do not rely on science, but only rely on personal experience, it is estimated that the virus has already crossed seven continents and four oceans.
In the film, we can deeply understand the behavior of people going to the supermarket to grab things due to the poor organization of the government in the early stage. Because they are afraid, they are afraid, they do not know when the epidemic will pass.
In contrast to our epidemic, from the outbreak to the present, have you heard of that store or supermarket being looted? No, because we are a cultured people. We also know that one side is in trouble, and the support from all sides is already engraved in our genes.
We haven't had a run on a bank, we haven't had a grocery store run, we haven't had a looting of a grocery store... If it weren't for a strong government, what would we do to gain respect in the international community?
In the face of any epidemic, human beings have only one effective means since ancient times, that is, isolation, and then wait for the epidemic to gradually disappear, and at the same time step up time to research vaccines.
You can accuse the government of being inefficient and failing to inform people about the epidemic in a timely manner, but don't choose to suspect that the government wants to persecute its people at a juncture.
The government is like a big family. She has to take care of everyone's feelings. Sometimes people are desperate, but most of the time, she still gives people hope.
I wish the soldiers and doctors on the front line health and safety, and also wish our motherland an early victory in this war against the epidemic. When the spring flowers bloom, everyone took off their masks and said to each other: hello, long time no see...
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