Virus starring Jamie Lee Curtis,
William Baldwin, Donald Sutherland,
Joanna Pacula, Marshall Bell
Campy Fun
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 ships 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 Hurds other films
include The Terminator and Aliens. This movie and its derivative
screenplay arent 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 pictures 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 films title! --Geof Miller
One of those so bad its good schlockers. Donald Sutherland especially
has a field day chewing up scenery. Buy it for a fun ride.
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