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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06/24/06
Virus (1998)
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Reviews Counted:41
Fresh:4
Rotten:37
Average Rating:3.1/10
Consensus: Despite its great special effects, this movie's predictability greatly undermines its intensity.
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Passengers of a tugboat take refuge in a supposedly abandoned Russian research vessel to wait out a storm in the middle of the Atlantic. Little do they know that the crew has been killed by an... [More]
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Sutherland, William Baldwin, Joanna Pacula
Director: John Bruno
Reviews for Virus
Top CriticUntil 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.
04/25/07
A derivative sci-fi shocker that isn't likely to spark much interest beyond its target audience of undemanding genre fans.
04/25/07
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10/30/06
a respectable little thriller that packs a couple of genuine jolts and gallon upon gallon of gore into a goofy, sometimes suspenseful yarn.
07/03/03
No one in the right mind would call this a good film, or even a decent one, but thankfully, rookie feature director John Bruno's romp is not a complete waste of celluloid.
05/22/03
Frankly, about 20 minutes into this dud, I was rooting for the alien beasties.
04/25/03
Even Donald Sutherland in the potentially juicy role as a self-serving old sea dog, is wasted in this big budget ill.
12/08/02
Monster movie is a monstrous failure.
11/07/02
When the automated robotic lab starts using dead bodies as biological material to create killing machines programmed to believe man is harmful and must be destroyed.
06/05/02
bathed in an incessant gloom that makes it look like one of the comic book artists who inspired this sci-fi/horror hybrid spilled his ink blotter on the film's negatives
02/27/01
An unpretentious, amusing thrill-a-minute sci-fi horror thriller / monster movie that plugs right into fears of a Y2K crisis.
02/14/01
Top CriticBesides the bloodthirsty E.T., tugboat navigator Curtis must deal with something even worse: lousy acting from her fellow cast members.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe dialogue tends toward the obvious, and the characters are constantly explaining what is happening to one another.
01/01/00
The conventions of the genre are well-established, and Virus uninspiredly copies them all.
01/01/00
How many cliches can one film incorporate or steal from other movies?
01/01/00
A disgusting, ugly, and downright depressing excuse for a thriller, and that's what makes it good.
01/01/00
This is a film desperately in need of winks to the audience.
01/01/00
95 minutes of unrelieved tedium.
01/01/00
Why tell a tale -- especially so unimaginatively -- which has been told so many times?
01/01/00
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