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15 January 1999 (USA)
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Life on earth is in for a shock. more
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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. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Jamie Lee Curtis | ... | Kit Foster |
 | William Baldwin | ... | Steve Baker |
 | Donald Sutherland | ... | Captain Everton |
 | Joanna Pacula | ... | Nadia |
 | Marshall Bell | ... | J.W. Woods Jr. |
 | Sherman Augustus | ... | Richie |
 | Cliff Curtis | ... | Hiko |
| Julio Oscar Mechoso | ... | Squeaky |
| Yuri Chervotkin | ... | Colonel Kominski |
| Keith Flippen | ... | Captain Lonya Rostov |
| Olga Rzhepetskaya-Retchin | ... | Female Cosmonaut |
| Levan Uchaneishvili | ... | Captain Alexi (as Levani) |
 | David Eggby | ... | Norfolk Captain |
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Rated R for sci-fi violence/gore, and for language.
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99 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Singapore:M18 |
South Korea:15 |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Belgium:KNT |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-16 |
France:-12 |
Germany:16 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Netherlands:16 |
Norway:15 |
Peru:14 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Spain:13 |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:18 |
USA:R
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In an IGN.com interview; Jamie Lee Curtis said the following about Virus: "Rob Reiner for his 40th birthday had a bad show business party where everybody brought show business clips... Rob's was playing a hippie on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. singing 'Blowin' in the Wind...' Virus is so bad that it's shocking... That would be the all time piece of shit...It's just dreadful... That's the only good reason to be in bad movies. Then when your friends have [bad] movies you can say 'Ahhhh, I've got the best one.' I'm bringing Virus.'"
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Continuity: After Woods is shot with the nail gun by the robotic critter, the blood stain on his shirt changes between shots, going from large and pale, to smaller and darker.
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References "The Twilight Zone" (1959)
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Don't take this movie too seriously, and Virus is actually an enjoyable romp, that pays homage, excuse me, rips off many venerable movies from the same and similar genres.
It starts of as an X-Files episode, turns into The Perfect Storm, Sutherland is clearly inspired by mad Quint in Jaws, then the movie becomes Johnny 2.0 meets Robocop and Alien II.
The drawbacks are of course obvious - the Life Form behaves more like a space moron, than a higher form of intelligence. If it was the latter, it would simply have the entire crew set port in Australia and have taken it from there. Instead, the "humans are viruses" approach simply brings it down. Bummer. Billions of miles of space travel, and it gets bested by the motley crew of a tugboat with a demented skipper.
Anyway, 21 years after Halloween, Jamie Lee still looks delectable with a perfect figure. The rest of the crew are funny and charming, in a forgettable way. Sutherland puts in the best acting he has in years, which isn't saying too much as he has been phoning his performances in since JFK.
Anyway, this movie is low on originality, but if you like the genres above, it is a pretty nice diversion.