The Viral Factor

Name: The Viral Factor
Genre: Action
Released: January 20, 2012
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 32

2012

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Emperor Motion Pictures | Release Date: January 20, 2012 | Not Rated

Summary: IDC Agent Jon sustains grave injuries on a mission and decides to spend his final days with his mother. She tells him a long-held secret. To fulfill her wishes, Jon goes to Southeast Asia. He befriends medical specialist Rachel. When she is forced into the schemes of a criminal organization, Jon attempts rescue and becomes the target of theIDC Agent Jon sustains grave injuries on a mission and decides to spend his final days with his mother. She tells him a long-held secret. To fulfill her wishes, Jon goes to Southeast Asia. He befriends medical specialist Rachel. When she is forced into the schemes of a criminal organization, Jon attempts rescue and becomes the target of the organization that includes his estranged brother Yeung! When the organization betrays Yeung and kidnaps his daughter Sheng, the brothers join forces to rescue Rachel and Sheng. (Emperor Motion Pictures)… Expand

Director: Dante Lam

Genre(s): Action

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 120 min

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Stephen Cole

Jan 19, 2012

The Viral Factor is deliriously far-fetched. And one wishes director Dante Lam (The Beast Stalker) could have at least had some giddy fun smashing all his toys around. But his new film is tediously overwrought and drably made, with scenes punctuated by synthesized drums out of eighties American TV drama. Read full review

Maggie Lee

Jan 20, 2012

The helmer's blockbuster ambitions, striving to make every move a money shot, relegate human drama to the backseat. Read full review

Robert Abele

Jan 20, 2012

A uniquely frenetic hodgepodge of story lures. Read full review

Nick Schager

Jan 18, 2012

The apparent byproduct of watching too much Bad Boys II, The Viral Factor is a cops-and-criminals saga slathered in glossy Michael Bay-isms. Read full review

Nick Pinkerton

Jan 17, 2012

It's an overloaded, overwrought, profligate production inclined to hysteria and, in cumulative effect, something like being pelted with scenes until buried alive - but it helps keep it from being boring. Read full review

Neil Genzlinger

Jan 19, 2012

The Viral Factor wants to be both an action movie and a soap opera. But the merging of the two genres by Dante Lam, a director based in Hong Kong, is clumsy, and so is the film. Read full review

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