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Virus

Name: Virus
Released: 1999-01-14T00:00:00.000000Z
Rating: 5.4

Life on earth is in for a shock.

1999 • 100 min • ★ 5.4 (711) • Released

Action Horror Science Fiction

When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be destroyed.

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Original title: Virus
Language: EN
Country: GB,US
Budget: $75,000,000
Revenue: $30,700,000

Reviews & Ratings 1

John Chard

Oct 17, 2019 · via TMDB

★ 3.0

Goliath Machine Malarkey! Virus is directed by John Bruno and written by Chuck Pfarrer and Dennis Feldman. It stars Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin, Donald Sutherland, Joanna Pacula, Marshall Bell, Sherman Augustus, Cliff Curtis and Julio Oscar Mechoso. Music is by Joel McNeely and cinematography by David Eggby. The crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel and quickly sets about claiming salvage rights. However, there is something on board, just not human, and it potentially spells doom for all. Virus is a derivative big-budget genre film that is not only a hack job, but almost certainly the lowest point of Donald Sutherland's otherwise superb career. The premise here has been mined many a time before, including the previous year to "Virus" with "Deep Rising". However, unlike "Deep Rising's" glorious sense of fun amongst the creature feature carnage, "Virus" is unintentionally funny since it's all played very straight. The humans are up against alien robot thingies, one of which looks suspiciously like a robotic "Brundlefly" mixed with "Short Circuit's Number 5". There's a modicum of interest in the virus narrative thread, with the need for human body parts a tantalising proposition, but it looks and comes off as feeble steals from better genre pictures. The high energy finale, with whizz bangs and fire crackers, is at least played with good action intent, but by then it's too late to save a rip-off stinker that wastes a very good cast list. 3/10

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Cast 12

Jamie Lee Curtis

Kelly Foster

William Baldwin

Steve Baker

Donald Sutherland

Captain Robert Everton

Joanna Pacula

Nadia Vinogradova

Marshall Bell

J.W. Woods Jr.

Sherman Augustus

Richie

Cliff Curtis

Hiko

Julio Oscar Mechoso

Squeaky

Levan Uchaneishvili

Captain Alexi

Yuri Chervotkin

Colonel Kominski

Keith Flippen

Captain Lonya Rostov

David Eggby

Norfolk Captain

Crew 18

Andrew Menzies

Set Designer

David Eggby

Director of Photography

Deborah Everton

Costume Design

Christopher Allen Nelson

Special Effects Makeup Artist

J.M. Logan

Makeup Effects

Joel Harlow

Makeup Effects

Joel Kramer

Stunt Coordinator

Billy D. Lucas

Stunts

Laura Albert

Stunts

Tim Trella

Stunts

John Bruno

Director

Gale Anne Hurd

Producer

John Roesch

Foley

Johnny Caruso

Music Editor

Joel McNeely

Original Music Composer

Richard L. Anderson

Supervising Sound Editor

Chuck Pfarrer

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Chuck Pfarrer

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US Release Dates 1

Jan 14, 1999

R Theatrical