Contagion

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.

This has got to be one of the most unreal science-fiction movies i have ever seen. The science of the film had it's ups and downs, but mostly downs. the decontamination processes by which Dr. Ladis exited the infected area was totally unprobable and unrealistic. people would not be allowed to travel freely throughout the hospital if it was quarantined. the fact that the only way to cure the ebola was to retrieve samples from someone who had been in contact with one specific strain of ebola was also scientifically unsound. if the ebola virus somehow managed to become airborne, then it would have undoubtedly escaped through the ventilation system of the hospital, and the outside areas would have been contaminated very quickly through the wind blowing the virus around. also, if the virus was airborne, at the end, when everyone had been vaccinated and came out of the hospital, what about the airborne virus? wouldn't it just come out with all of the people? the insubordination displayed by general ryker would never have happened, so this was another slip by the writer in an attempt to develop a weak story line. there was no character development, a weak story line, and enough scientific fallacies for ANYONE, science smart or not, to pick up on. i give this a 2/10.

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.

The story of the movie was not really to bad, something like that could possibly happen now or in the future. Some parts of the story were really kinda silly and didn't make much since. The story didn't flow as good as it could have. The acting was another really big part that kept the movie from being better than it was. Some of the actors actions were just not really believable and did some very odd things. This was another big factor that kept the flow of the movie from being as smooth as it could. Like I said the storyline was for the most part believable, but their were some holes in the story. Their were a lot of parts where they didn't go into enough detail so you really don't know whats going on. But overall I gave Contagion a rating of 4.

this was a terrible movie on just about every level. there was no acceptable story line, no character development and a very weakly based scientific plot. the steps taken to decontaminate all the people in the hospital(room to room and specifically Dr. Landis) and to stop the virus from escaping out of the ventilation system was totally unrealistic. even the handling of the virus was unbelievable. if the virus became airborne, how was that eradicated? the movie failed to formulate a stimulating scientific interest in the viewers. the fact that the vaccine had to be made from a specific strain of ebola that only one person had come into contact with was also fallible from a scientific viewpoint. the insubordination portrayed by General Ryker would never happen in real life and was another poor attempt by Hollywood to make the military look different than it really is. i give this a 2/10 possible stars.