Virus

Name: Virus
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror
Released: January 15, 1999
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 19
Cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin

1999

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Overwhelming dislike based on 17 Critic Reviews

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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 74 Ratings

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: January 15, 1999 | R

Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin

Summary: A ghostly ship looms silently ahead as the crippled, ocean-going, salvage tug Sea Star approaches. The Sea Star crew, their ship slowly sinking, has sought refuge in the eerie calm of the eye of a typhoon to make repairs and hopefully avert disaster. (Universal Studios)

Director: John Bruno

Genre(s): Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 99 min

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Kevin Thomas

An unpretentious, amusing thrill-a-minute sci-fi horror thriller / monster movie that plugs right into fears of a Y2K crisis. Read full review

Staff (Not credited)

The pathogenic agent to fear, however, is the one that evidently turned every line of dialogue into inane gibberish. Read full review

Tom Meek

The plot itself is a disappointingly gory concatenation of two recently forgettable sci-fi thrillers; "Hardware" and "Event Horizon." Read full review

Rick Groen

Frankly, about 20 minutes into this dud, I was rooting for the alien beasties -- their diagnosis seemed dead-on. Read full review

James Berardinelli

95 minutes of unrelieved tedium. Read full review

Roger Ebert

"Deep Rising" was one of the worst movies of 1998. Virus is easily worse. Read full review

Marc Savlov

It's dead in the water. Read full review

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Panchogul

May 31, 2021

Creo que el hate que recibe esta película es irrisorio y exagerado, si bien tiene aspectos en donde deja mucho que desear como en el argumento genérico y personajes planos, tiene otras cualidades muy buenas como los efectos especiales de primera calidad, el diseño de las criaturas y como no,Creo que el hate que recibe esta película es irrisorio y exagerado, si bien tiene aspectos en donde deja mucho que desear como en el argumento genérico y personajes planos, tiene otras cualidades muy buenas como los efectos especiales de primera calidad, el diseño de las criaturas y como no, la presencia de Jamie Lee Curtis.… Expand

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JohnP

Jan 14, 2008

Ah, Virus. Fantastic to watch if it's 2am and you're sitting with some friends and nothing to do, and it's on TV. Don't spend any money on it, but by all means watch it. Just don't take it seriously.

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DennisJ.

May 24, 2008

Gad, what movie did you other raters watch? Special effects were good but plot was poor, illogical, unrealisitc and the acting often wooden and, in general, a poor movie. Symptomatic of the overall problem - the storm rages and washes one guy overboard but in the wheelhouse, no pitching or Gad, what movie did you other raters watch? Special effects were good but plot was poor, illogical, unrealisitc and the acting often wooden and, in general, a poor movie. Symptomatic of the overall problem - the storm rages and washes one guy overboard but in the wheelhouse, no pitching or deck rolling. Way poor.… Expand

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clem666

May 27, 2021

Despite the crazy-dumb childish scenario I found that the beginning of 'Virus' wasn't that bad: special effects are quite decent and characters are discovered little by little even if overly stereotyped. Things start to go nuts when the russian scientist (Joanna Pacula) and her colleaguesDespite the crazy-dumb childish scenario I found that the beginning of 'Virus' wasn't that bad: special effects are quite decent and characters are discovered little by little even if overly stereotyped. Things start to go nuts when the russian scientist (Joanna Pacula) and her colleagues all scream for something like five entire minutes.

As we enter the core of the movie we start to witness more and more issues and inconsistencies. Acting oscillate between really bad and barely decent, characters won't stop making terrible and illogic decisions (especially the captain (Donald Sutherland) and Richie (Sherman Augustus)), the story develops way too slowly, the rhythm is tricky and jerky, the characters become more and more pale copies of uninspired archetypes (like the big black man obviously has to carry big guns all the time or the scientist knowing everything they need to make the plot move on), injured characters remain totally functional after a while, gore and action scenes are awful, lighting is a huge mess, environment is always the same (ugly and unoriginal), everyone always have to split up the group, CGI becomes disgusting, 'Virus' definitely has something to make all intense scenes look boring, confusing or just totally failed. Oh yeah, and the music is surprisingly very often inadequate (who would have thought it was possible in such an action movie actually?). The opponents always how themselves in the same pattern.

Obviously the ending (no spoil) is totally crappy and predictable. They could have done so much more based on the idea that the human race is a virus! I can't even thank the people behind the 'Virus' franchise because of this demonic game they released later on PlayStation 1!… Expand

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avatar16

Jan 13, 2012

Il y a des films de monstres (ou l'Ã©quivalent) qui arrivent Ã sortir dans les salles grÃ¢ce Ã leur budget, leur casting qu'ils offrent (ici, Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Sutherland, Cliff Curtis...) et quelques noms "sympa" auIl y a des films de monstres (ou l'Ã©quivalent) qui arrivent Ã sortir dans les salles grÃ¢ce Ã leur budget, leur casting qu'ils offrent (ici, Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Sutherland, Cliff Curtis...) et quelques noms "sympa" au gÃ©nÃ©rique (James Cameron Ã la production, John Carpenter Ã l'Ã©criture...), le tout non sans esquiver les nombreux dÃ©fauts du genre (Ã savoir aucune originalitÃ©, surdose de clichÃ©s, personnages sans intÃ©rÃªts, dialogues indisgestes...). Certains s'en sorte par un sens du spectacle (Peur Bleue) ou bien par un effet comique ainsi que sa distribution (Lake Placid). Mais Virus en est bien loin, surtout avec des acteurs qui surjouent Ã©normÃ©ment, une absence de caricature pour ce genre de film question scÃ©nario (la fameuse rÃ©plique "Machin, sois prudent" est bien trop prÃ©visible et fait pitiÃ©, l'humour ne prend pas...) et surtout pour un ensemble qui fait plus grand-guignol plutÃ´t qu'autre chose. Juste les robots (animation, effets spÃ©ciaux) sont assez sympas, mais bon... Virus est comme le personnage de Jamie Lee Curtis : il ne sert Ã rien!… Expand

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KeeganX

Feb 26, 2009

While it has a horror aspect that could have been interesting, it's boring and just not fun to watch. If you are considering watching this movie, don't.

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