Contracted (2013) #367

"Contacted" is an interesting film about the gradual physical, mental, and emotional decline of a woman who is infected with some sort of disease or virus with an unknown man after a one night stand; and when I say gradual, I mean over the course of three days. What makes this movie intriguing, besides the gross out effects and ailments that plague the main character is the fact that most of the characters are not likable, making this feel more realistic than it first appears. At first, you want to feel empathetic for the main character Samantha but she turns on everyone around her and refuses the help that they offer. She won't go to the police after her friend Alice tells her that the police are looking for the man she slept with because she doesn't want her estranged girlfriend Nikki to find out that she was with a man. Samantha's mother comes across as too overbearing and judgemental, Nikki is rude and abrupt, Riley is a creepy guy who has a crush on Samantha, and so on. The movie is about the three days after Samantha contracts whatever it is that she has and how quickly she breaks down from it. The final act is brutal and unforgiving which is exactly what it needed to be.

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