Blindness (2008)

The world has been infected with a fast-spreading blindness virus. The first wave of infected are quickly quarantined and, since none of the sighted want to risk sight to help them, they're left on their own to figure out how to govern their (hopefully) temporary society.

I loved this film in a way that surprised me. I don't really know what I was expecting; the previews made it look like another I Am Legend or Omega Man -- you know, an "it's the end of the world and there's only one person left" type deal, only this time it's sight rather than life that's been taken from all but one of a group of people. But, somehow, this was wholly original. I was completely captivated and am eager to read the novel on which it's based.

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