Contagion

Having not really heard much about this film (yes I live under a rock) only that according to my aunty it was incredibly boring, I was preparing myself for another good snooze (which sadly happened last week during tin tin as I actually wanted to watch that!).   However from the moment it started I was captivated… with Jude Law’s accent! Is he Australian? Is he a cockney? Is he a cockney Australian? Fascinating and the best part is they leave you guessing, by the end of the film you are as clueless regarding his characters origins as you were at the beginning.

Apart from that it is the perfect confirmation of every hygienically frustrated OCD sufferer out there, you could actually hear the muttering in the cinema, well you would have done if they had been brave enough to leave the house and mingle with the dirty public.

Personally I don’t think that the title contagion necessarily refers to the spread of a virus around the world via the dirty public but the film seems to focus more on the spread of a moral panic around the world resulting in fear, anger and desperation.   Obviously there is the scapegoat (Morpheus aka Laurence Fishbourne), anti-hero (Jude Law) and the true heroine (Lizzy Bennett aka Jennifer Ehle); however there is also an entire other cast of amazing actors as there are so many interconnected subplots, yet they are all very easy to follow and quite interesting.

Watch if you enjoy conspiracy theories, washing your hands or dodgy accents.