It’s Memorial Day, so this’ll be short: this is a post-apocalyptic story about the after-effects of a world-wide virus that wipes out just about everyone. It’s a good movie. I liked it a lot. In 6th place, it is easily twice as good as the movie I’ve preemptively left in 12th.
1. 28 Days Later
2. Contagion
3. Outbreak
4. 12 Monkeys
5. 28 Weeks Later
6. I Am Legend
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12. Toxic Skies.
13. Pandemic
Report card:
Runtime: An hour forty-one.
Acting: Good.
Effects: Pretty good.
Violence: Quite a lot.
Dead Townsfolk: Most of us.
Revenge Kills: Kind of.
Gun Use: Hard to keep track of.
Gore: Yes. Sort of.
Creepy? No.
Monster Type? A virus.
Monster Ick Factor: No.
Funny? No.
Nudity: No.
Pet Death: Yes.
Pacing: Good.