Virus

Universal Pictures | Release Date: January 15, 1999

3.1	USER SCORE Generally unfavorable reviews based on 74 Ratings

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KeeganXFeb 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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avatar16Jan 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, CliffIl 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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clem666May 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 theDespite 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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