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Virus (1999) -- Seeking refuge from a typhoon, the crew of an American tugboat boards a top secret Russian research vessel and finds it infected by an alien life form which regards humans as a virus which must be destroyed at any cost!
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Overview

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Director:
John Bruno
Writers (WGA):
Chuck Pfarrer (creator: Dark Horse Comic Book series: "Virus")
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Release Date:
15 January 1999 (USA) more
Tagline:
Life on earth is in for a shock. more
Plot:
When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be destroyed. full summary | add synopsis
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Great popcorn movie! more (217 total)

Cast

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Jamie Lee Curtis ... Kit Foster

William Baldwin ... Steve Baker

Donald Sutherland ... Captain Everton
Joanna Pacula ... Nadia

Marshall Bell ... J.W. Woods Jr.

Sherman Augustus ... Richie

Cliff Curtis ... Hiko
Julio Oscar Mechoso ... Squeaky
Yuri Chervotkin ... Colonel Kominski
Keith Flippen ... Captain Lonya Rostov
Olga Rzhepetskaya-Retchin ... Female Cosmonaut
Levan Uchaneishvili ... Captain Alexi (as Levani)

David Eggby ... Norfolk Captain
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Virus (France)
Virus - Schiff ohne Wiederkehr (Germany)
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MPAA:
Rated R for sci-fi violence/gore, and for language.
Runtime:
99 min
Language:
English | Russian
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

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Trivia:
Chuck Pfarrer explained in an interview that the comic book was based on the script that he wrote in the early-'90s. Because of the special effects that the script called for, it was impossible to make the script into a movie at that time, and he handed it to Dark Horse Comics who published it in 1995. Several years later, when special effects technology had caught up, Pfarrer revised the original script. more
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Anachronisms: The tug shown is one which would be used in a harbor or perhaps for short distance towing, not in the open ocean. Further, the short chain method shown is not suitable for ocean towing. It would have snapped in any decent roller, and would not have lasted for more than a few minutes in the storm shown. more
Quotes:
[seeing the Russian vessel explode on the horizon]
Norfolk captain: That's one hell of a flare.
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Movie Connections:
References Moontrap (1989) more

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2 out of 2 people found the following comment useful.
Great popcorn movie!, 23 July 1999
8/10
Author: leif-13 from Sweden

Saw this one on DVD last night and I really liked it. It was a fast paced comicbookaction popcorn movie with scares that made me jump the chair a couple of times. The story is nothing new. We´ve seen it numerous times before. Like Alien. But nothings original these days anyway. The FX where great and I liked the frankensteinish look of it. It rates high on my popcornmovie chart.

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Oh no , not again ! ssjenkins
A lot like 'Hardware' but lamer. thrombus29
Foster + Nadia scrapindy
Was anyone reminded of Pulp Fiction? cwilmot-1
Was that an old Canadian flag in captain's quarters? roximunro
Why didn't they just turn the power of? ramonakira
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