A pandemic-themed thriller about a Canadian virologist who is abducted in Beijing and forced to steal highly classified research from a national laboratory in his home country, just as a deadly new virus begins to spread in Wuhan, China, is set to hit Canadian theatres next month.
“The Unrestricted War” tells the story of Jim, a leading Canadian virologist living in Beijing who is coerced by unidentified agents into retrieving a sample of his earlier work from Winnipeg’s P4 laboratory. As the outbreak escalates, he uncovers a plot to exploit the crisis for political gain, putting millions of lives at risk.