

As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.
Direction
Soderbergh's detached coldness makes it scarier.
Editing
Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 — time as weapon.
Score
Cliff Martinez's electronic dread hums underneath.

Director
Steven Soderbergh
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kate Winslet's character dies because she touched her face once — the film's most brutal lesson.
Screenwriter Scott Z. Burns consulted with WHO and CDC; the fictional MEV-1 virus was modeled on Nipah and SARS.