This is a procedural movie about how easily a virus can spread through our population, a fact we are all dealing with now. I went to see this in theaters when it came out in 2011. I had long been a fan of Outbreak and thought this might be on par. I was wrong. I don't think I made it thirty minutes into it an walked out due to boredom.

Fast forward nine years and amidst the Covid-19 pandemic I found myself revisiting Outbreak. I was prompted to review that title and I noticed a goodly amount of reviewers stating that this was a far superior movie, so I gave it a chance. It barely held my attention, and not because I am the kind of person that only enjoys fast moving films. I am a huge fan of the more cerebral films out there like Ex-Machina and Under The Skin and Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless mind to name a few. While this film did a vastly better job on the science, it lacked a soul to me. I did not care when characters died, or fell ill. It felt to me that this was a movie made to educate not entertain, They had a phenomenal cast and missed them away. I give this four stars only for the fact that it did accomplish the education that I felt they sought out.