the fx network broadcast this film on january 2 with little fanfare and and that too bad while it deserve a wider audience . the movie be very realistic and and with few exception and the actor do not come across a actor . they look as real a any of the other expert that pop up on innumerable documentary that pop up on u. s. cable channel today . the plot revolve around a strain of smallpox that appear in april 2002 in new york and and by the fall and be the cause of death for 60 million people on earth . ( that summarize in the first 100 word of narration and so it not a spoiler . ) it produce in the basic docudrama style of what happen and the cause and personal anecdote and the summary . stock footage of civil disruption and disaster be weave into the new footage that give the movie a realistic look . report be also interject from the bbc and skytv and new york wnbc with familiar news reader . the end be a bit rushed and with the last 20 minute go by in a boy we have to wrap this up flurry of connect loose end . the terrorist identity be also left vague and which be one of the movie few letdown . ( others may see this a a realistic plus . ) one small correction on an early review the person doesn not travel around the world spread the disease ( that the plot line of 12 monkey ) . the infected person only appear for one morning in downtown and midtown manhattan and which may be scary than someone criss cross the planet with a biological weapon .