GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Lee Eisenberg Brian Horiuchi's "Parts per Billion" is about rising chaos as trade winds blow toxins from the Middle East westward, but the focus is on the characters and how they try to get on with their lives amid the disorder. I interpret this to mean that the movie's gist is that we have to avoid giving into sheer hysteria when something bad happens. We've seen how psychotic people can get when they're scared, whether with 9/11 or with Ebola. As for the movie itself, most of it came across as a little slow. I did think that "Outbreak" (which emphasized the biology) and "Contagion" (which depicted the government agencies as competent*) were better.*This is in stark contrast to the movies that portray the rugged individual saving the day.

softermaniac This movie is not sci-fi and it's not an end of the world disaster movie as the title seems to suggest. I think its abysmal rating is because people are going into it thinking it's a certain kind of end of the world, doom and destruction movie and then they find out it's not that at all. Not by a long shot. This is a romance/drama film that tries its darnedest to be deep. This is one of those interconnected drama movies along the veins of: Crash, Magnolia, The Air I Breathe and Happiness. So if you're into that sort of style, plotting and character driven storytelling you'll almost definitely like this. If not, you'll most likely find it tedious, boring and depressing.

ashtynareal "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.

MartinHafer "Parts Per Billion" is a film written and directed by Brian Horiuchi. It's very well made—with some really nice acting. However, it's also one of the most depressing films you could ever watch and I don't think most folks would want to see a film quite like this—especially since it seems very obvious where all this is headed.When the film begins, you learn that some sort of biological weapon was unleashed in the Middle East. Soon, folks in that part of the world start dropping dead and it seems like the weapon will spare no one in the immediate area. However, when the effects start spreading globally, it seems like perhaps no one will be left alive. However, this film is not so much about this directly but how a few individuals react to all this. Some fight desperately to survive, some ignore the inevitable and some can't stand to face life in this post-apocalyptic world and are ready to just give up. Naturally, these scenarios are depressing and the film keeps cutting back from one story to the next.The film stars a few famous folks—with some really nice performances by veteran actors Frank Langella and Gena Rowlands as well as Josh Hartnett and Rosario Dawson (among others). The direction is also good, though in a few scenes I was annoyed by a modern filming technique which I think is way overused—the unsteady cam (it can make you nauseous if you see too much of this on the big screen). But the combination of the music, writing, acting and director's touch is quite good.I am going to make this review rather short. Suffice to say if you like Robin Cook stories about pandemics, then you'll probably enjoy "Parts Per Billion" (well, enjoy might not be the right word for this). However, it's a lot more depressing than most of Cook's doom and gloom scenarios—much! Well made but so thoroughly unpleasant I am not sure who would really want to see this one. My advice is see it if you want, but if you are suffering from depression or are worried that this one might make it tough for you to sleep, I suggest you try something else. Well done but awful to watch at times.