I think I was interested in this movie when I saw the trailer, but not quite enough to see it in theaters. It's an unusual movie, mostly since it never tries to be too action-packed, and there aren't many obvious efforts to make the situation more tense. if anything, the movie takes a very dry approach to the problem of an epidemic. We primarily get the perspective of the CDC, which takes the clinical approach. They want to know how the pathogen is spreading, how long it incubates, and where it started. We get a small amount of the public policy problems associated with this sort of situation, as well as the public reaction.
The limited perspective, combined with the matter-of-fact presentation makes it an overall chilling movie.
There was one subplot that I wished had a better resolution; a blogger is peddling a fake cure that he profits from. While the blogger is arrested, he makes bail, and that's the end of his subplot. It's implied that he plans on encouraging people to boycott the vaccine.
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