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Virus
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
EAN: 9780783234229
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783234228
Label: Universal Studios
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglish (Subtitled),
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
MPN: D20431D
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 20, 1999
Running Time: 100 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: January 15, 1999
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Editorial Review:
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 sails 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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Great "B" Movie with Great Actors!
Some prominant actors in a great drive-in type classic. Some gruesome gore and a couple dark comedic moments. This has to be the worst virus you could ever hope not to catch. I saw this on the sci-fi channel and just had to own it. Virus takes erector sets to a whole new level. Highly recommended for good brainless fun!
Rating: - i rate it a "meh"..., but GREAT Dolby mix
Story: crew in tight quarters being hunted down by... something.
Script/dialogue: no real laughs or suspense.
Special effects: surprising. Makes you wish CGI went away, and more college kids played with latex and squibs.
Acting: Jamie Lee Curtis: credible job. Donald Sutherland: LAUGHABLY bad accent. William Baldwin: looked pretty when he had to. Joanna Pakula: played someone pretty with an accent.
Dolby audio: the only reason I gave this ... Read More
Rating:  - Home Sweet Home
I lived on this ship the "USNS Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg" for about 5 years. I worked for RCA Missile Test Project and thats what it did, Track Missiles and Space Junk. I could watch this thing every week but I'd probably wear out my player. I'm glad it got some news cause when I ws on it it did not offically exist.
Joe Cuzzzzz
Rating: - Human sacrifice versus cosmic invasion
Post Cold War science fiction. No more Soviets. The Russians are not dangerous and the Chinese are not yet in the picture, not to speak of the terrorists. So danger had to come from the sky, hence from the cosmos, hence some immaterial living form, at least immaterial according to our definition of matter. They just take over any kind of communications network and have at their disposal the whole sum of human knowledge, plus theirs, and they start spreading. They take over a Russian scientific boat ... Read More
Rating:  - The Virus Is ... , (1998 Movie)
This movie is not that good, but if you're a fan of sci-fi then you will eventually have to see it like I did. Although I like the genre, fair is fair, and many other movies are better. The less you get your hopes up, the greater your chance to enjoy the movie. My fiancee, who never saw a sci-fi movie before asked me to turn this off after five minutes. We did go on to watch Aliens vs. Predator (AVP), which she loved, to give a comparison. However this, with all that being said, doesn't mean the ... Read More
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