2019 · thriller · drama · medical
Virus
Directed by Aashiq Abu2h 32m2019
A real life account of the deadly Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, and the courageous fight put on by several individuals which helped to contain the epidemic.
Our read: Virus (2019) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded thriller · drama · medical entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme thriller / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
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