Poor Gwyneth Paltrow, first she lands a job on Glee now she's being killed off in medical thrillers, what next for the poor woman? Oh yes, probably another fruit-themed child like Pear and another role in some Marvel-Iron Man spin-off. The movie begins with her sitting in an airport bar, feeling sweaty and nauseous, she merely throws these symptoms off as jet-lag and continues talking to her lover, conveniently not her husband, the unsuspecting Matt Damon. In fact, poor Beth (Paltrow) is actually one of the first people to get a contagious disease that originates from a pig. Sadly, she dies in the first fifteen minutes along with about five other people. So bring on the science experts, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard and Bryan Cranston are among the many. As the film progresses the audience becomes unsure about what type of movie it is, Wikipedia say, 'medical thriller' I disagree. It jumps between showing the downfall of society, with action and then into a biology lab where a series of tests are taken place. One of the highlights of this slightly uneasy film is Jude Law, with a fairly good Aussie accent. He plays Alan Krumwiede, a blogger who thinks he's gotten a great story by posting stuff about the video of one of the first people to die from the disease. It's enjoyable at times, slightly gritty at others and slightly unnecessarily horrific. I can't make up my mind about this film.
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