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| Director: John Bruno
Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin, Donald Sutherland, Joanna Pacula, Marshall Bell
Category: DVD
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Rating:  106 reviews
Format: Anamorphic, Full Screen, Ntsc
Languages: French (Unknown), English (Unknown), French (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 99 Minutes
EAN: 3357804035439
ASIN: B00004VY7K
Theatrical Release Date: January 15, 1999
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In this fast-paced, sci-fi/horror shoot-'em-up based on the Dark Horse comic book, Jamie Lee Curtis plays the navigator of an ocean-going tug. When a typhoon cripples their boat, the crew sails into the eye of the storm, where they discover a high-tech Russian communications and research vessel adrift. Only one Russian crewmember is still alive, raving about "intelligent lightning." They soon discover that an alien life form has taken over the ship's computers and is churning out biomechanical warriors. With their own boat destroyed, the crew must battle the creature as the ship reenters the storm. If the basic story and characters all sound familiar, it may not surprise you that producer Gale Anne Hurd's other films include The Terminator and Aliens. This movie and its derivative screenplay aren't nearly as good as those were, and director John Bruno (who won an Oscar for best visual effects for The Abyss) seems more skilled at action choreography and special effects than character and story. Curtis plays another variation on her "scream queen" persona, while Donald Sutherland gives a deliciously hammy performance as the tug captain (in his words, "the dominant life form") who smells salvage money if he can claim the Russian ship for his own. For all the picture's flaws, the effects are good (and gory) and it moves at top speed for a brisk 100 minutes. A trivia factoid: at one point on this troubled production, film footage was seized at the airport because the shipping box was prominently marked with the film's title! --Geof Miller
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 Dead In The Water... May 15, 2009
Bindy Sue Fronkuenschtein (under the rubble)
A small salvage crew, led by a greedy captain (Donald Sutherland from Don't Look Now and Invasion Of The Body Snatchers '78) and first-mate Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween 1 and 2, H2O, The Fog, Prom Night, Terror Train, Mother's Boys, etc.), find themselves aboard a seemingly abandoned russian ship worth millions. Unfortunately, an alien lifeform has already laid claim to the vessel, and will do anything to keep it. VIRUS is your basic man vs. alien story set in the middle of a stormy ocean. However, it did have cool visuals and a fairly impressive techno-beasty to deal with. The ending was pretty goofy, but the rest was a lot of fun...
 Campy fun May 2, 2009
YgraineDance ("St. Lunatic")
One of those "so bad it's good" schlockers. Donald Sutherland especially has a field day chewing up scenery. Buy it for a fun ride.
virus March 25, 2009
J. tanquary (california)
this is at least a three star even four its got some new scary stuff for your soul to deal with
 Virus January 19, 2009
G. D. Williams (USA)
VIRUS 1999
VIRUS is a combination of themes from different science fiction genre. At times it resembles ALIENS, Star Trek: the Borg Collective, Terminator, Time Machine and Moby Dick.
Donald Sutherland does an excellent job as the Captain Everton of the Sea Star who is more motivated by his greed than his fear of the unknown. He had fun with this role.
Jamie Lee Curtis is in fine form as Kit Foster, a former navy brat, daughter of an Admiral, who becomes the human heroine against the technology of dominance. Her character never seemed happy in this role-single female on a boat of nine males. She never had any joy.
Joanna Pacula is the noble Russian Science Officer, Nadia, who witnessed the take over of her ship by an entity which feeds on electrical energy. Nadia confronts her fear and makes a heroic stand against the evolving alien menace.
The other players in this drama do a descent job, especially Sherman Augustus as Richie and Cliff Curtis as Hiko. Both Richie and Hiko meet their destiny by their unselfish bravery for their crew mates.
The Russian ship, Akedemic Valdislav Volkov, must have been a destroyer during the Cold War. Adding labs and satellite dishes made it a scientific research vessel still with its armory and a crew of 300.
The special effects are very good for 1999 vintage. The story is a theme which has been repeated over the decades-human kind against the machine.
For the alien entity to classify the human race as a virus was a good twist. From hence the name of the film is derived.
It will not go down in the annals of the best of the science fiction films of the 90's, but it is worth the time to watch. There is a message here lost in the special effects and action sequences.
 No suspense. No horror. Special effects are like that of a TV show. Acting is below par. November 3, 2008
Cestmoi
The movie is basically "Robots attacking a ship". It contains no suspense and no horror. Special effects are like that of a TV show. Acting is below par. Donald Sutherland is ridiculous with his extremely dumb role of the Captain.
It's a waste of time and money.
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