Extinction: Patient Zero 2015

Overview

Extinction: Patient Zero is a thriller film released in the United States on August 25, 2015. The production has a total runtime of one hour and twenty minutes. The plot centers on a group of scientists who find themselves trapped inside a safe room. While confined, they are forced to work against a limited timeframe to determine if they have been exposed to a deadly virus. Their primary objective involves deciding whether they can successfully escape the facility or if they must face the consequences of activated exposure protocols. The film is characterized by a minimalistic style and focuses on survivalist themes involving characters locked in a single location. In some contexts, the narrative is described as following a human survivor who realizes he is asymptomatic after being bitten. This individual discovers an ability to communicate with the infected, which leads the remaining survivors on a mission to locate Patient Zero in hopes of finding a cure for the virus.