Review of Contagion

How would the human race collectively react to a biological catastrophe?

NOTHING SPREAD LIKE FEAR

This grim thriller follows the rapid progress of a deadly, fast-acting global airborne virus that kills within days, leaving the medical community scrambling to somehow curtail the outbreak, helmed by Oscar-winner director Steven Soderbergh and populated by an all-star cast (including Matt Damon and Gwyneth Paltrow, among many others.

Film may be too intense and/or overwhelming for some given its stark, depictions of death and the somber, sometimes scary exploration of what it's like to live in a constant state of fear.