Contagion (2011)

From Hollywood, a disaster movie that isn't outrageously unbelievable? Better check if pigs are flying outside your window!

Steven Soderbergh's disaster movie criss-crosses the globe, following the path of a deadly bird flu virus, the mayhem it causes, and the human response it provokes.

Shot more like a documentary, Soderbergh leaves the histrionics and genre conventions behind. Turns out, the movie is actually more watchable than disaster movies.

Read my full review at Fridae, first published on 14 September 2011.