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Summary: I use it as a table wedge
Review: same old same old garbage
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Summary: Not great but a fun entertaining film.
Review: The Plot:Jamie Lee Curtis plays the navigator of a tugboat crew which loses its cargo during a hurricane. An day, after the hurricane, they came across a Russian reseach ship and the way it seems, there`s no people on board. Once they got into the ship, they are not alone. They encounter a terrified woamn(Joanna Pucula) and then they find that the ship has been taken over by a lifeforce of an ruthless alien intelligence.The film is actually based on a comic book, created by Dark House Comics(Time Cop, The Mask) by Chuck Pfarrer(Darkman, The Jackal). Great visual effects by Digital Domain(Titanic, Supernova). DVD has special features like:An running commentary track by the director-John Bruno. Deleted Scenes. Two differnt behind the scenes featurette and a few another extras. Excellent widescreen transer(2.35:1) and Superb Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround is outstanding for an Great DVD Sound. Grade:B+. Super 35.
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Summary: Chill Thrill
Review: The first thing that came to my mind when i saw this movie was: That it is a mixture Terminator and Deep rising. The Beginning is cool when the V.I.R.U.S Enters the Mir Space station. and transfers itself to the russian research vessel. I read the comic and missed one thing, and that was the machine at the end with the saw on its hand. But this film keeps you in the loop every second of the film,. See it and love it.
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Summary: Guilty Pleasure Series #1
Review: I don't know, I really liked this goofy little film, it had a lot of things I like in big budget B-science fiction films, not least of which is Jamie Lee Curtis who seems to be enjoying the Weaver effect wherein she becomes more beautiful as she matures. I mean, sure we have seen this film before in Alien, Leviathan, The Enemy Within, the list is actually endless, but who cares, because 'Virus' had some neat ideas to spruce up the old concept of a haunted house. It also had some first rate talent, as Donald Sutherland plays an extra crusty captain of the tug vessel Sea Star that loses its barge of uninsured cargo in the middle of hurricane. However, William Baldwin hasn't got anywhere near the talent or class of his brother, Alec, and seems to coast through this film like he does in anything he does. When a Russian research vessel monitoring the Mir space station comes in contact with an alien space craft that infects it with some form of attack program, it downloads it into a sea going monitoring vessel. This program immediately learns all its can from the database and sets about to make some little robot buddies. After a while it discovers that its can't build some of the more advanced robot parts and instead substitutes human body parts for those it can't make. When the Sea Star finds the damaged Russian ship the suicidal captain believes they can salvage it then force the Russian's to pay for the expensive ship's return, but only so long as they aren't any survivors. The crew of the Sea Star searches the dead ship- the power has been shut off and every transmitter has been destroyed. And once power is restored things begin to happen, such as crew members disappear while little scuttling attack robots armed with nail guns begin to appear. Reactivated, the malevolent AI continues its previous task of building cyborgs-robots assembled with human parts it cannot build. The machine that begin to appear are gruesome monstrosities-mechanical legs with muscles strong between them, bare skulls with partial brains, etc. lots of H.R. Geiger type stuff. However, I myself would have preferred a purely robotic look rather than add the visceral human element. When the find a pretty science officer huddled in a locker, the crew disbelievingly learns the fate of the crew, the captain just wants to kill her so there aren't any survivors. The captain will get his wish when he sells out his crew by convincing the AI that he is the dominant life form among the humans which the AI considers an infections- a Virus. The AI thanks the captain by eviscerating him then sends the new Captain cyborg out after his former crew which is currently flooding holds with fuel so they can blow up the ship. The captain has given the AI the location of an island which contains a series of satellite transmitters there which it can use to broadcast itself across the planet, infecting everything. The success of which would actually make a pretty cool movie in itself, sort of like Terminator but caused by aliens. Anyway, realizing what is going on around it the AI dispatches its heaviest combat cyborg to deal with these pesky human viruses before they blow up the ship. There are some silly things in this movie, and the characters are not all that likeable, and I would have preferred the Sea Star crew to be a little closer knit. These people have worked together for years one assumes and the captain pulls a gun on his engineer in the first five minutes of the film. The special effects are first rate, especially a lot of the model work with the Russian science ship being tossed around in a hurricane. The robots are very nice, with a neat arachnid look to them, but I would have preferred if they had gone with the idea that, with each successive generation of 'bots built they look more and more advanced. Oh well. I liked Virus-it had good effects, good gore, and Jamie Lee Curtis in a tight purple sweater, and honestly, what else are you looking for in a film like this?
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Summary: Don't make the mistake.
Review: It's almost tempting to take the easy way out and note the coincidence between the title of this film and it's relative value to one's entertainment, but this is the worst film I've ever paid eight dollars to see, so it deserves more than that. Regardless of what you may have read, the special effects, which should have been the saving grace of this monstrosity, are truly laughable, with bio-tech Donald Sutherland undoubtedly rolling his eyes when they shifted back to the Baldwin brother that was in this film, the bad one, because of the T2 meets Radio Shack via Aliens hyjinx of this film. I cannot pronounce this Radio Shack influence enough. Normally you find yourself rooting for at least one of the characters, but I found myself rooting for all of them in this instance... to die! (ba dum tssch) It wasn't even an enjoyable cheering attempt, because I knew they would live, and I knew who it would be. I am still trying to forget that I spend eight dollars on this. Please don't make the mistake of paying three times that, unless the additional features involve an alternate ending where James Cameron comes in and laughs at everyone. Get Aliens instead.
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Summary: It's All Been Done Before---and Better
Review: "Virus" is one of those cookie-cutter genre movies. It's similar in nature to "Deep Rising" which was much better because it didn't take itself that seriously, and the heroes were all villains! (Except Treat of course!). Jamie Lee looks bored in her role; Donald Sutherland overacts shamelessly; only Joanna Pacula gives a professional and believable performance. The special effects vary from very good (the robotic sequences) to amateurish (the storm scenes). We even saw the platform the boat was on in two different scenes. The music was also annoying; it didn't seem to enhance, only distract. On the plus side, it does have some tense moments and is overall worth a rental and night of popcorn.
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Summary: IT ALMOST GETS WATCHABLE
Review: In my country, I don't think this film even made it to cinemas, and after seeing it I know why. I was warned away from this film, I watched simply out of morbid curiousity and plead with others not to make the same mistake. Fortunately it is fairly low profile. You can't blame the actors, we've seen they are all good at their jobs - a bit past their prime - but still good. It was the script, and the effects left something to be desired. What's more, there's just too much Russian at the start, and they forgot to put in all the subtitles. It starts slow, and hovers between watchable and just plain bad. In the end, it just wasn't watchable enough.
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Summary: Excellent Sci Fi Movie
Review: I have read most of the reviews on this page and feel that they are unfair. Virus is a cross betwwen Aliens and Deep Rising. The Special Effects are great. Donald Sutherland, Jamie Lee Curtis, and William Baldwin portray their roles well enough to make this movie palatable to even the non sci fan fan. Overall, this film is fairly fast paced and entertaining. My rating of 4 starts is for a movie in the sci fi genre. Fans of Science Fiction/ Horror will love this movie. For those, I would recommend a purchase. All others I would recommend renting this first so you can gain your opinion.
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Summary: The Worst
Review: Skip this movie. The fx do not make it worth watching. Donald Sutherland is wasted in his role. The script is terrible. In short, it desereved to bomb at the box office.
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Summary: NOT GREAT BUT PRETTY GOOD!
Review: Wow harsh reviews, I didnt think it was that bad, yes, the story isnt original and the acting cant be compared to Shakespearean standards, but it did entertain. We follow a Selvage vessel, Captained by Donald Sutherland, and crewed by Jamie Lee as navigator, along with various Deck hands who become marooned in the eye of a storm, there they find a Research Vessel lying dead in the water. They soon discover that all is not well within this seemingly empty Russian ship. this is when the action takes place. Jamie Lee our Lead, takes control of a situation developing on board. It soon becomes clear that the ship is over run with biomechanical creatures connected to a Space born lifeform of unknown origin. Jamie is I suppose our Ripley (from Alien) type character who tries to survive and battle an unstopable creature who thinks humanity is a virus that needs to be purged. There are battles within their group as greed and a desire to survive and escape becomes opposing goals. I thought the action scenes were suspenseful exciting and not as gorey as some splatter movies out there, I compare this genre to Mc Donalds you know what your going to get, its familiar and satisfies that particular urge you get at lunchtime. So I hope you dont go in expecting a Gourmet meal because youll be disappointed. Enjoy anyway!
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