Virus
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Movie Review: Technically well-done, but what a let-down.
Summary: 2 Stars
Missing this film when it opened theatrically (it seems it disappeared after a few days at the box office), I was anxious to see if since (1) I am a big sci-fi buff, and (2) much of it was filmed where I formerly lived (coastal Virginia). I finally bought the DVD, and boy, was I disappointed! Other reviewer's criticisms are right on the mark. Deriviative? Sure, but that can be forgiven; after all, many sci-fi and horror films do owe much to previous works. Technically impressive? No question it looks great, and the Dolby Digital surround effects are superb(thus the two stars). That's the good news. The bad news is that this is among the most lame, unexciting snoozers to come down the pike in a while. Jamie Lee Curtis maintains her trademark horror-sticken visage, Donald Sutherland's acting is of high-school production level, and the rest of the cast is largely forgettable, although they do flesh out the typical stereotypes usually found in such films. Even Jamie Lee's "tight purple sweater" cannot save this turkey. Insomniacs would do well to play this back-to-back with the equally dreadful 'Sphere'. If you don't fall asleep then, you have a real problem.Movie Review: Not Bad, not bad at all!
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie was very enjoyable actually. BUT you have to be a hardcore SCI-FI buff to enjoy it. It's not star wars, star trek, even babylon 5 but it's a good saturday night flick. Don't be critical of it, just enjoy it for was it is. It's a fun movie that wasn't made for an academy award. Have funMovie Review: The "Virus" in the film must be an IQ Eating Virus.
Summary: 3 Stars
There is a lot of Eye Rolling and Unintentional Laughter to be had while watching "Virus", but that's not saying it isn't Enjoyable. If the Sight of Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Sutherland and William Baldwin Acting like they are 8 year olds playing "Tag" on a Big Boat sounds appealing to you, (it did to me) you'll have a Good Old time with this Mindless Monster movie.The Acting is Quite Robotic. Jamie Lee is set on "Gasp". William is set on "Cardboard Hero" and Donald on "Overact". The rest of the cast don't bother with Luxury's like Acting, they just Run and Shoot. The Special Effects are the Real stars of the film, but they Still aren't as impressive as I expected, and they appear to In-frequently. The Ending is also a letdown, as it comes out of Nowhere and has no real Climax.
So What's to Enjoy, you ask... Well, it's all done in the name of Fun, it may take itself a little to Seriously, but It doesn't even Attempt to be anything New or Special, it merely attempts to Entertain. The Hurricane scenes are Impressively staged and the Sets look very Fitting.
Some of the Dialogue, eg ("If you get me killed, I'm gonna Kick you're A$$") makes you want to get up and leave, but if you stick with it, you will get some B Grade fun.
Movie Review: Astonishingly bad.
Summary: 1 Stars
Virus makes a mistake at every turn. It's stupid, boring, and senseless. Rather than being campy like Deep Rising, it takes itself too seriously, thus there's no entertainment factor present at all. Though the film may sound intriguing to sci-fi fans, I would avoid at all costs.Movie Review: The Worst Movie I Have Ever Seen
Summary: 1 Stars
This thing is the absolute worst excuse for a film I have ever watched. There is absolutely no originality here at all. The Alien-meets-Speed idea sounds good on paper, but that is the only place it does. And there is a larger resemblence to the former than to the latter, because it keeps coming at you with action until you just get sick of seeing ,in this case, the evil robot in its umpteenth iteration, or they are trying to keep you occupied so that you will not realize how unoriginal this is. The dreadful plot had the crew of the tugboat Sea Star (Jamie Lee, William Baldwin, Donald Sutherland, and a bunch of unknowns) travelling the treacherous seas of the Pacific (or the Atlantic, or maybe even the Indian, the movie never says, aside from that it is on an ocean) in the middle of a storm. The boat loses its valuable cargo, and the captain (Sutherland) is about to shoot himself in the head when his ship finds another ship, a seemingly abandoned Russian research vessel that the crew hopes to claim salvage rights from. Of course greed gets in the way of judgment and they don't think why the ship is abandoned until they find out that a killer robot is trying to kill them all. It isn't just a robot, though, it is a being from outer space that was transmitted through a video linkup with the space shuttle. It took advantage of the advanced robotic systems on board to kill everyone it could and use them for parts. As in, to remove body parts. They borrowed from Sphere when the entity (what else can I call it) talks to the greedy crew and tells them this. It almost made me laugh, because although Sphere was definitely not a classic (the book was, the movie was average), this crud makes it look like Star Wars. The movie has nothing for the viewer that doesn't get turned on by excessive amounts of gore, but it does have bad characters, awful dialogue, not to mention a very non-surprise ending. The only characters that don't croak are the two "perfect" characters: perfect because they have no character flaws at all. (I don't want to give away the ending, so I won't reveal who they are, but if you have read this review or if you see the first 20 minutes of the movie, you don't have to be a genius to figure it out.) The only character I (and many others that watched this thing) almost liked was the Russian woman who was spared initially by this nameless entity, and I thought she might survive, until she was wasted by the alien as well. It's a struggle not to pull the video out of the player and "infect" it with gasoline, then light it on fire with a match. If you don't already see this piece of trash in the bargain bin at your local video store, you might find it in the garbage receptacle outside. Now I will use a quote from a famous Sherlock Holmes story and modify it: As you value your life and reason stay away from this movie. This goes beyond bad. I would give it negative stars if I could.This is godawful crap to be avoided at all costs.