A deadly virus seals off an apartment building, forcing residents to confront class conflict and mounting dread.
Tense and suspenseful. A full-attention watch that takes its time. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Netflix and The Roku Channel (free).
Nothing past what a TV-14 promises: no sex or nudity and mild language.
Our estimate: fine from about 13. Rated TV-14.
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A new type of deadly virus spread throughout the city, and the apartment where has different social classes of people is sealed off. With the fear of the virus, and the conflicts of the different classes, the residents have to spend and survive in the new habitation.
It leaves things open rather than tying them up.
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