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Plot: In this fast-paced, sci-fi/horror shoot-'em-up based on the Dark Horse comic book, Jamie Lee Curtis plays the navigator of an ocean-going tug. When a typhoon cripples their boat, the crew sai...( read more read more... )ls into the eye of the storm, where they discover a high-tech Russian communications and research vessel adrift. Only one Russian crewmember is still alive, raving about "intelligent lightning." They soon discover that an alien life form has taken over the ship's computers and is churning out biomechanical warriors. With their own boat destroyed, the crew must battle the creature as the ship reenters the storm. If the basic story and characters all sound familiar, it may not surprise you that producer Gale Anne Hurd's other films include The Terminator and Aliens. This movie and its derivative screenplay aren't nearly as good as those were, and director John Bruno (who won an Oscar for best visual effects for The Abyss) seems more skilled at action choreography and special effects than character and story. Curtis plays another variation on her "scream queen" persona, while Donald Sutherland gives a deliciously hammy performance as the tug captain (in his words, "the dominant life form") who smells salvage money if he can claim the Russian ship for his own. For all the picture's flaws, the effects are good (and gory) and it moves at top speed for a brisk 100 minutes. A trivia factoid: at one point on this troubled production, film footage was seized at the airport because the shipping box was prominently marked with the film's title! --Geof Miller

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  • 2.5 Stars
    MCT:
    August 3, 2008
    Virus is high in adrenaline and low in intelligence, making it lots of good, mindless fun. If it's on TV and you've got some time to kill, go for it.
  • 2.0 Stars
    MCT:
    March 21, 2008
    Jamie Lee Curtis "scream queen" just for Halloween if you ask me. The film itself was dull and boring.
  • 2.0 Stars
    MCT:
    March 16, 2008
    How do respected actors like Jamie Lee Curtis and Donald Sutherland end up in crud like this? This film was just plain dumb. Sort of a combo of "Robocop", "Terminator", "Deep Rising", and anything else which we've all seen before - and done much better. Junk junk junk.
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    March 2, 2008
    What can I say? I like Jamie Lee. Put her with 1 of the Baldwin boys and Julio Oscar Mechoso as Squeky and well, I could not resist. I kinda like this but it was right up my Sci Fi alley!
  • 1.0 Star
    MCT:
    February 23, 2008
    What the hell? I pulled this film randomly out of the Sci-Fi section at the video store, expecting a deep space sci-fi horror (I know...what was I thinking?). Instead I got some D-grade nautical action thriller, which I had to watch in two halfs after falling asleep somwhere in the middle. Virus was indescribably bad. Why were there robots on the ship, and how did they get there? How did Jamie Lee Curtis survive being shocked by that amount of electricity? And why was Donald Sutherland's fake Irish accent so bad, it was funny? These are the questions you will be asking yourself if you're game enough to watch this trash.
  • 0.5 Stars
    MCT:
    December 20, 2007
    I'm didnt like this movie at all, as it lacked point and realism and good acting. To me it was a movie that fed on senseless horror, gore and paranoia.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    October 2, 2007
    All though this movie sucked to a lot of pplz this movie disturbs me to no extint becuase the something about a merge with flesh and machine and its pretyy graphic the acting and athe actors wernt bad the the movie couldve been more in depth.
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    September 22, 2007
    Ehhh..this was alright. I liked it but there's really nothing spectacular about it. Good movie to watch if there's nothing else on.
  • 1.5 Stars
    MCT:
    September 10, 2007
    This film wasn't as bad as I first thought it would be. Hold your horses though, I didn't say it was GOOD! Althought it is suitably gory and scary, the action is a little forced and the acting is dire to say the least. Half the time, the characters seem to be saying things like "Hey, look, it looks like an ejector seat. Let's use it!". It all just seems a little desperate to explain it all, if you ask me. The robots aren't frightening and I found myself laughing at nearly all of the 'serious' parts. Also, the storyline is so predictable that I knew Donald Sutherland would become a robot long before it happened!
  • 2.5 Stars
    MCT:
    July 25, 2007
    crew go on board... find the passengers dead on the ship then.. OH NO! THE COMPUTERS BUILDING MECHANO! AND USIJNG THE BODIES WITH THEM. stupid but funny
  • 2.0 Stars
    MCT:
    July 13, 2007
    Not a good movie but okay if you wanna kill an hour and a half watching man versus machine. Donald Sutherland.....you could do so much better.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    July 8, 2007
    THis is a scery movie but not thta much. It is really horror and voilent. People getting ripped in peaces and other stuff.
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    March 1, 2007
    Good sci-fi thriller. This movie is very suspenseful. It has you sitting on the edge of your seat. It definiately scares the crap out of you. Jamie Lee Curtis was fantastic here.
  • 1.5 Stars
    MCT:
    December 23, 2006
    Although I dislike horror and this movie is like a cross between horror and action it's still fairly good
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    December 21, 2006
    To me the three main cast members were picked to bring a 'bit' of crowd draw. Jaime Lee Curtis, Donald Sutherland and one of the Baldwins. Thankfully they all trundle through the film well enough. The story is a pretty good idea (based on a comic), and the special effects aren't too bad. This is just one of those films were I can't say anything to get you to want to see it. If you like the idea of story then give it a go.
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    December 7, 2006
    Ditta er artig, leste tegneserien for lenge lenge sio, og såg filmen for ikkje så lenge sio.... Tommel opp for denna :)
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    November 14, 2006
    i can honestly say...this is one of the few times...the flick was better then the bloody comic...since the comic was soooo stupid i was amazed sp i looobe it...
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    September 24, 2006
    this i donno how many of ull seen it.. but truely an awesome movie.. though lot of ppl would say stupid borin and crap like tat.. i loved it.. and would say its defently worth a wtch ..
  • 1.5 Stars
    MCT:
    September 12, 2006
    I was about ready to castrate myself using rusty cheesewire. Luckily the total lack of coherent plot and frankly piss-poor acting lulled me into a stupor from which I was unable to carry out this task.
  • 1.5 Stars
    MCT:
    September 4, 2006
    un gruppo di marinai naufraghi trova rifugio su una nave russa...voi direte:che culo sono salvi!!!!E invece no,la nave russa è posseduta da un essere alieno di natura elettrica che partedo dalla nave vuole eliminare la razza umana considerata potenzialmente dannosa per l'universo.I poveri cristi si troveranno a fronteggiare questa entità che uccide e utilizza i cadaveri per creare dei mezzi androidi con cui conquistare la terra....non c'è limite al peggio -_-

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  • Rated: (R)
  • Directed by: John Bruno
  • Genres: Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy
  • Released: January 15, 1999
  • DVD Released: July 20, 1999

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