DVD Movie Rating for: Virus - Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Sutherland

3 out of 5 stars

Movie Plot of: Virus - Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Sutherland

A deadly alien virus infects the crew of a Russian ship and everyone becomes sick. When they are found in the middle of the sea by some Americans, the virus tries to spread even more. The aliens aren't very friendly; their purpose is to dominate the Earth by effacing the human race.

Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin and Donald Sutherland star as tugboat passengers who take refuge from a storm in a seemingly abandoned Russian intelligence post. They soon discover that the crew was murdered by aliens who think of humans as a virus that must be exterminated. The storm doesn't go away, and they find themselves stuck with the aliens with only two options: to fight or to die.

DVD Production Details of: Virus - Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Sutherland

Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin, Donald Sutherland

Director: John Bruno

Format: Color, Widescreen, DTS Surround Sound, Dolby

Studio: Universal Studios

DVD Release Date: March 4, 2003
DVD Features:
Widescreen anamorphic format

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Cast of the movie: Virus - Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Sutherland

• Jamie Lee Curtis .... Kit Foster
• William Baldwin.... Steve Baker
• Donald Sutherland.... Capt. Robert Everton
• Joanna Pacula .... Nadia Vinogradiya
• Marshall Bell .... J.W. Woods Jr.
• Sherman Augustus .... Richie Mason
• Cliff Curtis .... Hiko
• Julio Oscar Mechoso .... Squeaky
• Yuri Chervotkin .... Col. Kaminski
• Keith Flippen .... Capt. Lonya Rostov
• Olga Rzhepetskaya-Retchin .... Female cosmonaut
• Levani Outchaneichvili .... Capt. Alexei (as Levani)
• David Eggby .... Norfolk captain

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Reviews of the movie: Virus - Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Sutherland

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 ship's 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 Hurd's other films include The Terminator and Aliens. This movie and its derivative screenplay aren't 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 picture's 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 film's title!

"The Terminator" meets "The Predator" and "Alien", and what we get is this routine but moderately effective horror thriller, which isn't quite as bad as its reputation might lead you to believe. Sure, it lacks substance and (except for a few details)originality, but the energetic direction, the fast pacing and some impressively filmed explosions keep it painless. Effects aren't particularly outstanding, though.