"Parts per Billion" is that movie where you see the characters and can't help but like them because they are spectacularly flawed. They are human and you can relate. It is also the movie that you pray that there will be a happy ending but there isn't.
The film follows 3 couples as they are faced with the reality of a biological weapon which is killing the human race. We are told that it will last exactly 8 days and until then you would need pure oxygen to survive.
The first couple is a lawyer and her writer husband who are in their basement as they wait out the 8 days. You see their lives and what has led them to that moment. They are connected to the second couple (an old married couple) through the writers sister (a nurse) and through the lawyer representing the man in court.
The second couple is an old married couple who are directly linked to the disease. The man helped develop the pathogen for money so as to care for his sick daughter. We are shown their attempt to survive and the point where they are standing in front of a hospital.They are linked to the third couple (a young engaged couple) through the man who is their grandson.
The third couple are a young and engaged pair. This couple seem to hold a lot of the films focus as they are at the beginning of their marriage while the others represent the middle and end. The young couple are seen from the moment of their engagement to the woman telling her fiancé she is pregnant. While we see where the others are from the beginning we do not see the couple.
The film leaves you feeling very depressed as you are left not knowing if the lawyer gives up and runs outside before the 8 days are up or if the old couple died because they could not find anymore oxygen. One thing we do find is that the young couple died in each others arms shortly after she told her fiancé she was pregnant. AS one can imagine this was a heartbreaking discovery and makes the watcher feel depressed as you couldn't help but hope that they lived and were happy.
All in all it was a good film which unfortunately will not get the attention it deserves.
The film follows 3 couples as they are faced with the reality of a biological weapon which is killing the human race. We are told that it will last exactly 8 days and until then you would need pure oxygen to survive.
The first couple is a lawyer and her writer husband who are in their basement as they wait out the 8 days. You see their lives and what has led them to that moment. They are connected to the second couple (an old married couple) through the writers sister (a nurse) and through the lawyer representing the man in court.
The second couple is an old married couple who are directly linked to the disease. The man helped develop the pathogen for money so as to care for his sick daughter. We are shown their attempt to survive and the point where they are standing in front of a hospital.They are linked to the third couple (a young engaged couple) through the man who is their grandson.
The third couple are a young and engaged pair. This couple seem to hold a lot of the films focus as they are at the beginning of their marriage while the others represent the middle and end. The young couple are seen from the moment of their engagement to the woman telling her fiancé she is pregnant. While we see where the others are from the beginning we do not see the couple.
The film leaves you feeling very depressed as you are left not knowing if the lawyer gives up and runs outside before the 8 days are up or if the old couple died because they could not find anymore oxygen. One thing we do find is that the young couple died in each others arms shortly after she told her fiancé she was pregnant. AS one can imagine this was a heartbreaking discovery and makes the watcher feel depressed as you couldn't help but hope that they lived and were happy.
All in all it was a good film which unfortunately will not get the attention it deserves.