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| View Larger Image | Virus | DVDStarring: Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin, Donald Sutherland, Joanna Pacula, Marshall Bell
Directed By: John Bruno
| List Price: | $9.99 | |
| | Binding: | DVD | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 100 minutes | | Format: | Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC | | Studio: | Universal Studios | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Aspect Ratio: | 2.35:1 | | Release Date: | July 20, 1999 | | Sales Rank: | 18,662th |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
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 Bruno |
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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 |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.0 based on 108 reviews)
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Awesomely Bad by J. Simon (NY, USA)  3 Stars
October 10, 2009
Virus is a movie a lot of people seem to hate for one reason or another. It might be the corny acting or the cheesy scares or the plot holes.
To me, these things make this movie awesome. Virus is a really cheesy horror flick that is great for watching with friends. If you don't take the movie too seriously it's a heck of a lot of fun.
A lot of folks nay-say this thing but I say give it a chance. Virus is a great underrated hit for "bad movie night".
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virus by Claude Odell  4 Stars
September 23, 2009
Jamie Lee Curtis did a great job and Virus is a good combo of scifi and horror, if you like action, blood and mayhem watch this one.
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Dead In The Water... by Bindy Sue Frønkünschtein (under the rubble) 4 Stars
May 15, 2009
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...
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Campy fun by YgraineDance ("St. Lunatic")  5 Stars
May 02, 2009
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.
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virus by J. tanquary (california) 4 Stars
March 25, 2009
this is at least a three star even four its got some new scary stuff for your soul to deal with
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