Virus
by John Bruno
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Actor: Donald Sutherland, Jamie Lee Curtis, Joanna Pacula, Marshall Bell, William BaldwinDirector: John Bruno
Brand: Universal
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-07-20
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Virus
Movie Review: No suspense. No horror. Special effects are like that of a TV show. Acting is below par.
Summary: 1 Stars
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.
Summary of Virus
When the crew of a crippled tugboat discovers a deserted hi-tech russian military ship they also find a ferocious alien electrical life form waiting inside a bloodthirsty entity learning fast how to destroy the virus known as man. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 01/06/2004 Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis Donald Sutherland Run time: 100 minutes Rating: R Director: John BrunoIn 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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