Virus (1999)
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9% of critics liked it
(45 reviews) -
25% of users liked it
(19,789 ratings)
When the salvage tug Sea Star is caught unprepared in a violent storm, it slowly sinks, and the crew, led by Captain Everton (Donald Sutherland), wander upon another ship for refuge. The ship, apparently deserted, turns out to be a Russian research vessel loaded with high-tech electronics. The Sea… More When the salvage tug Sea Star is caught unprepared in a violent storm, it slowly sinks, and the crew, led by Captain Everton (Donald Sutherland), wander upon another ship for refuge. The ship, apparently deserted, turns out to be a Russian research vessel loaded with high-tech electronics. The Sea Star crew, which includes hot-head Kelly "Kit" Foster (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Steve Baker (William Baldwin), soon find that they are not alone, and they also learn the horrible fate of the original crew. The ship had taken on an energy-based alien life-form capable of constructing bodies out of human tissue as easily as electronic parts. The life-form wants to inhabit the planet earth but first must rid the world of the virus that infects it and could kill it -- man. John Bruno, special effects supervisor on Terminator 2 tries to reinvent the haunted house sub-genre in his directorial debut, much as Ridley Scott did in Alien. ~ Ron Wells, Rovi
- Directed By
- John Bruno
- Written By
- Chuck Pfarrer
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy
- In Theaters
- Jan 15, 1999 Wide
- Studio
- Universal
Critic Reviews
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Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
Your average winter cold follows a less predictable course.
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Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
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.
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Joe Leydon, Variety
A derivative sci-fi shocker that isn't likely to spark much interest beyond its target audience of undemanding genre fans.
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, Time Out
While he can fling together a competent action or special effects sequence, his handling of the plot and actors is strictly routine.
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Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Frankly, about 20 minutes into this dud, I was rooting for the alien beasties.
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Cast
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Jamie Lee Curtis
as Kit Foster
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William Baldwin
as Steve Baker
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Donald Sutherland
as Captain Everton
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Joanna Pacula
as Nadia
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Marshall Bell
as J. W. Woods Jr.
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Julio Oscar Mechoso
as Squeaky
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Sherman Augustus
as Richie
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Cliff Curtis
as Hiko
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Yuri Chervotkin
as Colonel Kominski
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Keith Flippen
as Captain Lonya Rostov
