2011 · drama · thriller
Contagion
Directed by Steven Soderbergh1h 46m2011
As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.
Our read: Contagion (2011) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- intense
- twisty
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