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Virus (1999)

Virus
"Alright whoever built this virus was an amateur, just don't open up any suspicious e-mail and you'll be fine."

Starring:

Jamie Lee Curtis
William Baldwin

Released By:

Universal Studios

Released In:

1999

Rated:

R

Reviewed By:

Adam Mast

Grade:

D-

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The year is young, but it's safe to say that Virus will make my illustrious Top Ten list come December. I'm not talking about the Ten Best list either.

Jamie Lee Curtis and William Baldwin star in this ludicrous sci-fi/horror flick that is so lacking in originality, it made me sick. It unsuccessfully tries to fuse The Terminator, Aliens and The Abyss--with abysmal results. It's similarity to James Cameron films is not at all surprising, considering Virus was produced by Gale Ann Hurd (The former Mrs. Cameron). The film also shamelessly rips off The Borg premise from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Worst of all, Virus is the worst kind of thriller--the kind without any thrills.

:: zBoneman.com Reader Comments ::

Granny

Granny

It was supoosed to about intellengent energy, but it had all the impact of touching Aunty Tillie Tee-Hee after a shuffle across the shag carpet. Mild static impact. Jamie Lee did throw her self into the lousy script but she sliced through the surrounding acting like hot knife through butter and she had nowhere to go.

Just a tad bit worse and it might have been campy. Needed more nudity, though, to qualify.

By the way, since all they had to do was shut off the power and they knew it, why didn't they? Let's do them a favor and pull the plug on this one.

Granny

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