Even Donald Sutherland in the potentially juicy role of a self-serving old sea dog goes down with the ship in this suspenseless big-budget 'thriller.'
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... 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 alien life form which looks at humans as a virus to be eliminated. The elimination is done by combining parts of human bodies with machinery to create deadly life-exterminating creatures. From the producer of ALIENS and based on a series from Dark Horse Comics. [More]
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Sutherland, William Baldwin, Joanna Pacula
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Sutherland, William Baldwin, Joanna Pacula, Marshall Bell
Director: John Bruno
Director: John Bruno
Screenwriter: Chuck Pfarrer
Producer: Gale Anne Hurd
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