Virus
Release date: 15 January 1999
Virus Official Web Site
Universal
Cast:
Jamie Lee Curtis ------------ Kelly "Kit" Foster, navigator
William Baldwin ------------ Steve Baker, engineer
Donald Sutherland ---------- Captain Everton
Joanna Pacula -------------- Nadia, chief science officer
Marshall Bell --------------- Woods
Julio Oscar Mechoso ------- Squeaky
Sherman Augustus ---------- Richie
Cliff Curtis ------------------ Hiko, tattooed Maori seaman
Directed by ----------------- John Bruno
Produced by ---------------- Gale Anne Hurd
Co-producers --------------- Todd Moyer, Dennis E. Jones, Bud Smith
Executive producers -------- Mike Richardson, Chuck Pfarrer, Gary Levinsohn,
Mark Gordon
Robotics effects designers -- Steve Johnson, Eric Allard
Edited by ------------------- Scott Smith
Production designer --------- Mayling Cheng
Director of photography ----- David Eggby
Music by ------------------- Joel McNeely
Screenplay by -------------- Chuck Pfarrer, Dennis Feldman
Based on the Dark Horse Comic Book series "Virus" created by Chuck
Pfarrer
MPAA: Rated R for sci-fi violence/gore, and for language.
In "Virus", the movie takes place in the ocean, in the calm of the
typhoon, as the ocean-going tugboat crew take refuge from a storm in an
abandoned science ship - the Akademic Vladislav Volkov. However, the crew
finds that their problems have just begun. They seem to be sharing the
vessel with an alien intelligent life form. And just who thinks who is
the virus that must be destroyed in order to survive? And what of these
humans, just a bunch of spare parts?
Comic book "Virus" by Chuck Pfarrer
Action thriller
Related Items
"Virus"
by S. D. Perry
Mass Market Paperback - 224 pages (August 1998)
Tor Books; ISBN: 0812541588
Dimensions (in inches): 0.74 x 6.75 x 4.19 |
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"Virus"
by Chuck Pfarrer
Paperback (June 1998)
Dark Horse Comics, Inc.
ISBN: 1569713170 |
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"Score
Virus"
Audio CD (January 12, 1999)
1. Volkov And The Mir
2. Typhoon Leah
3. Another Ship
4. Anchor's Away
5. Squeaky Gets Greased
6. Nadia Runs
7. Nadia's Story
8. Turkey Hunting
9. We Can Kill This Thing
10. We Can Kill This Thing
11. Robo-Captain
12. Sinking The Ship
13. Sinking The Ship
14. End Credits |
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Fan Comments
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13 Mar - Greetings! I tend to share your opinion
of " Virus ". It was trite, predictable, very short on strong, original
dialogue and lacked a decent story line ( " just kill the damn thing! "
, please, it's been done ) BUT, it WAS another great opportunity to watch
Jamie Lee Curtis get wet and jiggle around in a skin tight body suit...and
that, in my opinion, was worth the price of admission as I am a HUGE fan
of the beautiful Jamie Lee. It's a pity she isn't getting better roles
because she's quite an accomplished actress. -- Mike
19 Jan - Roger Ebert compares "Virus" to "Deep
Rising," saying that although "Deep Rising" was the worst film of 1998,
"Virus" is even worse. I agree that "Virus" is a really bad film. But I
disagree with his assessment of "Deep Rising," which was very tongue-in-cheek
and a lot of fun, with a much better monster. "Virus" takes itself too
seriously, and the monster is a rip-off of other movie concepts, including
Star Trek's "the Borg."
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