If there was a virus that had the ability to kill millions of people within weeks, what would happen? How would society react? Would we remain calm and try to help each other, or would we turn into savages with no other goal except survival?
The Steven Soderbergh-directed film Contagion, released Sept. 9, sets out to answer these questions in an interesting and thought-provoking way. For the most part, it succeeds, but not without faults.
The film opens with the sound of Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) coughing. After a short phone conversation, the audience catches glimpses of several people dying from a horrible illness, which will come to be known as MEV-1.
Beth soon arrives home to her husband, Mitch, (