I had high hopes for this movie given that it closely relates to a current virus pandemic. The set up was good, a character contracts a virus while on a trip to Hong Kong before spreading it to citizens back in her home county. Panic and hysteria ensues, the infection spreads worldwide and the primary focus of the movie then shifts to creating a vaccine. Some of the more interesting characters die early on in the script. Kate Winslet's character showed a lot of promise, her development was handled well. A lot of screen time was awarded to her and I was left feeling cheated when she met her premature demise just as her efforts were beginning to draw empathy. The Jude Law subplot was meaningless and tiresome, it never gained any traction or offered any interesting angle to view the crisis from. By the time the movie reached the halfway point most of the concurrent story arcs were dead in the water and was racing towards the end credits. The movie's swan song felt like a last ditched attempt to salvage anything palatable, but by then I was already too bored to care. On the whole it was a mere curiosity indulgence on my part, providing nothing more than an opportunity to draw comparisons between the current crisis and a fictional tale. Showed huge potential but fell way short of delivering the goods.