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« Last post by Kaos on May 05, 2024, 08:10:03 PM » Viral
In this 2016 film, a California town deals with the threat posed by a viral - parasite driven - virus infecting the country.
It's so weird seeing these movies that pre-dated the Covid scam predict the ways in which the "here to help" government would curtail daily activities and the draconian measures they'd use. There are tons of similar films (The Crazies, and Contagion come to mind). There are better efforts, too.
This movie was kept alive only by the soft and easy performance of the lead actress - played by Sofia Black-D'Elia. A 25 year old (at the time) convincingly portaying a 16-year old, Sofia was nice to look at and carried herself well. She, and she alone, provided whatever redemption this film contained.
The story was muddled in a lot of ways. There was a briefly touched on mind-hive aspect that was never fully realized. There was a tacked on "Daddy was cheating on mom" contrivance used only to give the dad a reason to leave Sofia and her sister alone as the virus took control.
Biggest problem was the girl recognizing from a high school lesson (taught by her dad) that a piece of shipping tape could remove the offending worm from its host (at least temporarily, although that part was never fleshed out either).
Then the movie just kind of abruptly ended.
I liked Sofia enough to see if I could find more of her work. Turns out she was the student-humping art teacher in Bryan Cranston's Your Honor series. She was bedding Cranston's high school son. I remember thinking "no way somebody who looks like that would be interested in a dweeb like him" on first watch.
Is Viral worth watching? Probably not, but Sofia certainly is (at least to me). I hope she's got more projects coming up soon.
In this 2016 film, a California town deals with the threat posed by a viral - parasite driven - virus infecting the country.
It's so weird seeing these movies that pre-dated the Covid scam predict the ways in which the "here to help" government would curtail daily activities and the draconian measures they'd use. There are tons of similar films (The Crazies, and Contagion come to mind). There are better efforts, too.
This movie was kept alive only by the soft and easy performance of the lead actress - played by Sofia Black-D'Elia. A 25 year old (at the time) convincingly portaying a 16-year old, Sofia was nice to look at and carried herself well. She, and she alone, provided whatever redemption this film contained.
The story was muddled in a lot of ways. There was a briefly touched on mind-hive aspect that was never fully realized. There was a tacked on "Daddy was cheating on mom" contrivance used only to give the dad a reason to leave Sofia and her sister alone as the virus took control.
Biggest problem was the girl recognizing from a high school lesson (taught by her dad) that a piece of shipping tape could remove the offending worm from its host (at least temporarily, although that part was never fleshed out either).
Then the movie just kind of abruptly ended.
I liked Sofia enough to see if I could find more of her work. Turns out she was the student-humping art teacher in Bryan Cranston's Your Honor series. She was bedding Cranston's high school son. I remember thinking "no way somebody who looks like that would be interested in a dweeb like him" on first watch.
Is Viral worth watching? Probably not, but Sofia certainly is (at least to me). I hope she's got more projects coming up soon.
WTF happened?