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Virus
1999
A Russian science ship in the South Pacific is attempting to line up its satellite dish with a Russian space station. An alien energy mass envelops the space station and invades the ship's navigational equipment by way of data transmission.... Some days later the Sea Star tug decides to claim salvage on the Russian vessel which .. Read more
| Starring | Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin, Donald Sutherland, Joanna Pacula |
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| Director | John Bruno |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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Critics' reviews (3)
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Oscar-winning visual-effects artist and James Cameron protégé John Bruno emphasises effects over plot in his dreary directorial debut and adds insult to injury by making those effects merely tarnished knock-offs of The Terminator, The Abyss and Aliens. A sinking tugboat crew takes refuge on a deserted Russian science vessel during a typhoon only to find it harbouring an alien energy force. Derivative of everything from Leviathan to Deep Rising, Bruno's hybrid mass of genre clichés simply joins the dots and doesn't even entertain on a schlock level. Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin and Donald Sutherland give career-worst performances in this lame-brained terror tripe, with the final robot monster looking more like a mobile junkyard than anything truly scary.
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Based on the Dark Horse comics series, this plays like a jerky computer game infected with the Alien clone virus. A... read more on Time Out
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Frenetic, simple-minded science-fiction that follows an obvious course with few surprises along the way.
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Most helpful members' reviews (3)
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Better Than Expected
It was a real suprise to find several well known actors, the film was not quite as expected. It looked like real B movie stuff, but actually not a bad effort, if you can get past a few silly robots they have actually made a good effort with the special effects. For a sci-fi buff you can see that ideas have been taken from many movies such as the borg idea of assimilation & the terminator idea of machines seeing us as the virus. Don't stay in especially to watch it but worth a look.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
The comic was better
What I could not quite understand is why they changed the initial premise of picking up a signal from space that once fed into a computer, took it over, hence ?Virus?.
Sorry folks but I?m one of the few saddo?s who?s read the original comic that this is based on and I thought that made a hell of a lot more sense then picking up some form of ?Energy being? which was a hokey idea even in Kirks heyday.
I know, I know it?s a B picture, but the idea that ?we? are the virus is lame in comparison, not to mention the ending of the comic was better too.
Still, switch on, leave brain in the breadbin, and enjoy the action, which isn?t as bad as you?d imagine.
Rent this and Deep Rising, get a couple of mates around, break open the Fanta, and cancel the cruise holiday.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
good viewing
I was a little sceptical of this at first as I`m not a 'curtis' fan but I`ve been won over with this movie..a very good original storyline and after the first 20 minutes to get going all the way action..recommended..
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Most recent members' reviews (2)
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
The comic was better
What I could not quite understand is why they changed the initial premise of picking up a signal from space that once fed into a computer, took it over, hence ?Virus?.
Sorry folks but I?m one of the few saddo?s who?s read the original comic that this is based on and I thought that made a hell of a lot more sense then picking up some form of ?Energy being? which was a hokey idea even in Kirks heyday.
I know, I know it?s a B picture, but the idea that ?we? are the virus is lame in comparison, not to mention the ending of the comic was better too.
Still, switch on, leave brain in the breadbin, and enjoy the action, which isn?t as bad as you?d imagine.
Rent this and Deep Rising, get a couple of mates around, break open the Fanta, and cancel the cruise holiday.
The Mallard has spoken. -
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
good viewing
I was a little sceptical of this at first as I`m not a 'curtis' fan but I`ve been won over with this movie..a very good original storyline and after the first 20 minutes to get going all the way action..recommended..
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Better Than Expected
It was a real suprise to find several well known actors, the film was not quite as expected. It looked like real B movie stuff, but actually not a bad effort, if you can get past a few silly robots they have actually made a good effort with the special effects. For a sci-fi buff you can see that ideas have been taken from many movies such as the borg idea of assimilation & the terminator idea of machines seeing us as the virus. Don't stay in especially to watch it but worth a look.
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
The comic was better
What I could not quite understand is why they changed the initial premise of picking up a signal from space that once fed into a computer, took it over, hence ?Virus?.
Sorry folks but I?m one of the few saddo?s who?s read the original comic that this is based on and I thought that made a hell of a lot more sense then picking up some form of ?Energy being? which was a hokey idea even in Kirks heyday.
I know, I know it?s a B picture, but the idea that ?we? are the virus is lame in comparison, not to mention the ending of the comic was better too.
Still, switch on, leave brain in the breadbin, and enjoy the action, which isn?t as bad as you?d imagine.
Rent this and Deep Rising, get a couple of mates around, break open the Fanta, and cancel the cruise holiday.
The Mallard has spoken. -
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
good viewing
I was a little sceptical of this at first as I`m not a 'curtis' fan but I`ve been won over with this movie..a very good original storyline and after the first 20 minutes to get going all the way action..recommended..
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
so rubbish it's good...
what else can i say. You can easily miss 20 minutes and still know exactly what's happened.
If you're looking to rent a good movie look elsewhere. If you're looking to rent something mindless to watch on a rainy afternoon, this should fit the bill. -
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
Gripping stuff
Great little sci-fi number. An unusual slant on an alien invasion. A perfect storm meets alien made robots!
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Quite good
Okay and adequate for entertainment
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Great film
If you are into sci fi,horror,great special effects, than this film is for you. A real good couple of hours watching.
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Virus, more like slight sniffle
The cast leads you to believe that you are in for a good time, but if you are looking for some solid acting performances, good action sequences and twisting plot, watch something else. This film reeeeeeeeeks. Alien light beam takes over russian naval ship kills all, builds robots, ship gets found by dodgy captain and ....blah .... blah....Better of talking to your misses about knitting
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Worth a watch
Better than expected. A salvage operation turns ugly....
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typical blood and horror
What a boring film, you know exactly whats going to happen. very samish but not as well made as some of the similar movies.
Critics' reviews (3)
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Oscar-winning visual-effects artist and James Cameron protégé John Bruno emphasises effects over plot in his dreary directorial debut and adds insult to injury by making those effects merely tarnished knock-offs of The Terminator, The Abyss and Aliens. A sinking tugboat crew takes refuge on a deserted Russian science vessel during a typhoon only to find it harbouring an alien energy force. Derivative of everything from Leviathan to Deep Rising, Bruno's hybrid mass of genre clichés simply joins the dots and doesn't even entertain on a schlock level. Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin and Donald Sutherland give career-worst performances in this lame-brained terror tripe, with the final robot monster looking more like a mobile junkyard than anything truly scary.
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Based on the Dark Horse comics series, this plays like a jerky computer game infected with the Alien clone virus. A... read more on Time Out
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Frenetic, simple-minded science-fiction that follows an obvious course with few surprises along the way.
Buy from the LOVEFiLM shop
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Virus
A Russian science ship in the South Pacific is attempting to line up its satellite dish with a Russian space station. An alien energy mass envelops the space station and invades the ship's navigational equipment by way of data transmission.... Some days later the Sea Star tug decides to claim ...
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