Contagion

The words terrible or awful are not the right words to describe this movie properly, it's just mainly a silly movie with a silly story that often doesn't make sense story-wise.

Now thing that do is absolutely terrible in this movie is the acting by the incredible B-actors. Casting Bruce Boxleitner as the president of the United States was a laughable choice. Even George W. Bush looks more believable as a powerful man.

But completely silly is the story, that is filled with some rather big implausibilities, not just from a virology point of view (hey you don't have to be a doctor to see that the events in the movie are far fetched and just highly unlikely and impossible to really happen) but also just story-wise, the movie doesn't always make completely sense which is also due to some horrible dialogs at times. And they even managed to put a love story in the movie, bravo! (Yes, that was sarcasm...)

It's pretty obvious that not a whole lot of talent was involved behind the camera's. The movie has this typical awful made-for-TV kind of look. But what else did you expect from a director like John Murlowski who before this made 'classics' like "Amityville: A New Generation", "Santa with Muscles" and "Richie Rich's Christmas Wish". (Yep, sarcasm again.)

The movie gets tense at times but all the silly elements of the movie really bring down the quality of the movie.

Absolutely not recommendable but than again why would anyone decide to go and watch this movie in the first place?

4/10

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I thought Contagion was much better than the average type of film about a lethal virus gone loose. I've seen most of the bad knockoffs of the sub-genre over the years, and I personally think this is one of the better. The script is well paced and the movie is well shot. The acting is very professional with high marks going to Lin Shaye, Bruce Boxleitner, Megan Gallagher, and Jeffrey Combs (of course).

Maybe the medical science that occurs during the movie isn't exactly 100% accurate...but hey this is a movie! Not every movie has to be an exact comparison to reality. We already have enough crappy reality TV shows for that.

I wouldn't mind seeing this movie again in the future. Rent it at least once, you might just enjoy it also.

Contagion had some major downfalls which caused me to be disappointed in the movie as a whole. The movie began in many different pieces and with many questions about characters and situations, the various parts are never full pulled together and the questions never answered which left me feeling unfulfilled. The acting was mediocre at best; better actors may have made the plot more believable. Their attempt to make the situation appear more realistic by add things that looked scientific actually accomplished the opposite by drawing attention to incorrect scientific details. Referring to 'facts' and failing to put them to use left many holes in the story. Their explanations and answers to problems were clearly inaccurate and poorly conveyed. The inconsistent flow of the movie made it even more difficult to follow and the ending failed to draw a strong closure to the plot. Overall the movie was inaccurate, poorly acted, choppy, and unfulfilling.

The story is simple and predictable. The acting not great, but not terrible. Though it is a simple film, it works well in the background; I didn't turn it off as I was doing other things.

The US President is hit with a dart filled with a contagious disease, and is rushed to the local hospital. The hospital is quarantined (along with the local military). The expert doctor must find a cure before the last second.

If you like this kind of thing, there are several other, much better, productions.

to begin this movie totally sucked. not only is the plot really bad, but the actors a really weak. i think the megan gallagher performance is by far the worst though. she's not believable at all. beyond the bad acting is the the incredibly flawed science. Dr.Laura is repeatedly exposed to the virus throughout the movie. i mean how many times did she walk into the quarantine zone with out the hazmat suit? not to mention she was touching everything and putting her hands'in her mouth. there's a whole list of bad science instances that i could run on with but i don't want to spoil it for anyone. not that i recommend it or anything. they of course also went for the cheesy ending.but i wont ruin it for any one.