Virus (1999)

Fantastic!

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

I only write reviews of movies with low rating, which actually are not that bad. Give them a chance!I watched this film because I love movies about apocalypse. Some say that Virus is not for that group, but I disagree. If a virus kills humans for ''spare parts'' and wants to go to Lord Howe Island, so it could spread all over Earth - that could cause an apocalypse!Now when we got that cleared, I must admit that this movie deserves better rating then it has at this moment ( 4.8 ). It really is not that bad! Great story, great mechanical costumes, good set decoration. Acting is bad for some actors, especially Donald... I don't understand his acting in this movie, he is always great ( Land Of The Blind for example ), but here... Directing is also not at the top level, the ending is really bad and it looks like they could not wait to finish editing. But still, those two facts are not something that should give this movie such a low rating.You can enjoy this movie for sure, it is watchable and enjoyable.6/10

if i were a entity without a body a place with robotics is where i'd start! ( that and human parts ) i loved this move, it reminded me of playing DOOM on PC for the first time when it came out, i liked the story myself and i wish there were more movies like this one. ( robotics, human parts etc..) i think i have watched them all from Hardware 1990, all the terminator movies but this one stands out to me. the only thing i wish is that i wish i could had seen more of the "goliath" in the movie. if you have not seen this movie, give it a shot or look up some images on google or look through the images here to get an idea of what it's about, if you like horror and robotics i think it may be your cup of tea. :)

This review contains spoilers - but it's like a turd gets spoiled by running over it on a skateboard. No great tragedy.Adequate budget, admirable cast, appalling script. Such a wasted opportunity - none of the characters have any consistency, their relationships are never explained or explored and every opportunity for a cheap shock is shamelessly exploited with very minimal effect. At no point did I feel empathy for any of the characters and instead I was vaguely amused each time one of them dies. The cinematography is adequate and the performances of the cast are about as good as they could have been so I have given it 3/10 but by half-way through I was really just hoping it would end soon so I could do anything else instead.Why a research vessel is carrying surface to air missiles or has armouries bristling with bazookas and machine guns is never explained, nor is why the Russians are using a boat rather than a fixed-position land based facility to communicate with the MIR space station. A boat, I might add, that would have to be nearer America than Europe for the crews initial tug boat to have reached it. Why the sensible and sensitive daughter of an American Navy Admiral (as Jamie Lee Curtis' character claims to be) is involved with the unlikely crew combination on board the initial tug boat is also never explained, nor is why she has Thermionic grenades in her rucksack. Towards the end the tug boat crew suddenly seem very aware of the research vessels layout, facilities and capabilities and the final escape of two of the characters on a single-seater rocket powered ejector seat that has no flotation or survival equipment (one ejector seat for a crew of over 300?!) is the final laughable straw. Overall the film is pants. Poorly stitched pants, with a little skid-mark in them.

While not a mega sci-fi hit it does have a very creepy vibe. The story is simple and a variation on many but not too predictable in that you really don't know who will get it or when. Overall the tension gets tighter and tighter as the film progresses and you are not cheated by the end. The creatures are actually very well done and creative. They are quite menacing and gives the film the creep factor I spoke of. The acting is good as it has a solid cast and a decent script. The set itself is an actual ship, not a man made fabrication. It makes for a nice late night time waster or Sunday afternoon movie. The creature effects are actually so good I'm surprised they didn't get a slew of awards.