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Virus (1998)

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Reviews Counted:41

Fresh:4

Rotten:37

Average Rating:3.1/10

Consensus: Despite its great special effects, this movie's predictability greatly undermines its intensity.

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: Passengers of a tugboat take refuge in a supposedly abandoned Russian research vessel to wait out a storm in the middle of the Atlantic. Little do they know that the crew has been killed by an... Passengers of a tugboat take refuge in a supposedly abandoned Russian research vessel to wait out a storm in the middle of the Atlantic. Little do they know that the crew has been killed by an alien life form which looks at humans as a virus to be eliminated. The elimination is done by combining parts of human bodies with machinery to create deadly life-exterminating creatures. From the producer of ALIENS and based on a series from Dark Horse Comics. [More]

Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Sutherland, William Baldwin, Joanna Pacula

Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Sutherland, William Baldwin, Joanna Pacula, Marshall Bell

Director: John Bruno

Director: John Bruno
Screenwriter: Chuck Pfarrer
Producer: Gale Anne Hurd

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Until the diverting special effects take center stage, this story, about an alien intelligence that builds an army out of flesh and metal, pathetically exploits genre conventions without generating self-reference, camp, or thrills.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
04/25/07
Lisa Alspector
Lisa Alspector
Chicago Reader
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A derivative sci-fi shocker that isn't likely to spark much interest beyond its target audience of undemanding genre fans.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
04/25/07
Joe Leydon
Joe Leydon
Variety
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Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
10/30/06
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

While he can fling together a competent action or special effects sequence, his handling of the plot and actors is strictly routine.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Time Out

a respectable little thriller that packs a couple of genuine jolts and gallon upon gallon of gore into a goofy, sometimes suspenseful yarn.

Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette | comment Comment
07/03/03
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

No one in the right mind would call this a good film, or even a decent one, but thankfully, rookie feature director John Bruno's romp is not a complete waste of celluloid.

Full Review Source: Film Blather | comment Comment
05/22/03
Eugene Novikov
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather

Frankly, about 20 minutes into this dud, I was rooting for the alien beasties.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
04/25/03
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail
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Even Donald Sutherland in the potentially juicy role as a self-serving old sea dog, is wasted in this big budget ill.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/08/02
Tom Meek
Tom Meek
Film Threat

Monster movie is a monstrous failure.

Full Review Source: Netflix | comment Comment
11/07/02
James Rocchi
James Rocchi
Netflix

When the automated robotic lab starts using dead bodies as biological material to create killing machines programmed to believe man is harmful and must be destroyed.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
06/05/02
Dwayne E. Leslie
Dwayne E. Leslie
Boxoffice Magazine

bathed in an incessant gloom that makes it look like one of the comic book artists who inspired this sci-fi/horror hybrid spilled his ink blotter on the film's negatives

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
02/27/01
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

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

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
02/14/01
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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Besides the bloodthirsty E.T., tugboat navigator Curtis must deal with something even worse: lousy acting from her fellow cast members.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
01/01/00
E! Online

The dialogue tends toward the obvious, and the characters are constantly explaining what is happening to one another.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Bob Graham
Bob Graham
San Francisco Chronicle
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The conventions of the genre are well-established, and Virus uninspiredly copies them all.

Full Review Source: AboutFilm.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Carlo Cavagna
Carlo Cavagna
AboutFilm.com

How many cliches can one film incorporate or steal from other movies?

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

A disgusting, ugly, and downright depressing excuse for a thriller, and that's what makes it good.

Full Review Source: Cinemaphile.org | comment Comment
01/01/00
David Keyes
David Keyes
Cinemaphile.org

This is a film desperately in need of winks to the audience.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
01/01/00
David Luty
David Luty
Film Journal International

95 minutes of unrelieved tedium.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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Why tell a tale -- especially so unimaginatively -- which has been told so many times?

Full Review Source: Sci-Fi Movie Page | comment Comment
01/01/00
James O'Ehley
James O'Ehley
Sci-Fi Movie Page
 
 
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