Virus

Lets take parts from films like Alien, The Thing and all the best survival horrors. Given the cast, one might even have a tendency to think that this John Bruno film would be interesting despite the disastrously unoriginal theme, but you’d be completely wrong. The script is exactly as forgettable as the theme, all the promising actors play their meaningless roles like amateurs and seem like they are annoyed, the visual effects are B level (yet they are one of the few things that work), the tension is killed by ridiculous metal monsters... This lame farce isn't even stupid enough to entertain. Which is pretty bad. (21/10/2004)

I finished watching Virus because of: a) the first half of the film, where the atmosphere was really good; b) Donald Sutherland and Jamie Lee Curtis; c) nice looking robots and semi-robots; d) the Silvestrian-Poledouris-Goldsmith music by Joel McNeely.___I almost didn't finish Virus because of: a) the second half of the film, which is not as decently B-ish, but ugly C-ish to the point of awkwardness; b) William Baldwin and his goofy expression; c) the black guy, who first became a tough guy, then went crazy, wanted to blow up the ship, and then... Well, never-mind; yet in the context of B-movies, it’s a watchable average. (18/08/2010)

Une combinaison très plaisante du Bateau de la mort et de Terminator (venant bien sûr de ses créateurs) dont la production est assez haut de gamme et la mise en œuvre totalement – mais alors totalement – de niveau B (et je ne dis pas ça péjorativement). Jamie Lee Curtis a fait savoir à plusieurs reprises qu’elle détestait Virus et qu’elle le considérait comme le film le plus exécrable de tous les temps. Personnellement, je ne partage pas vraiment cet avis ; je trouve que c’est une aventure kitsch qui se passe dans un chouette cadre horrifique de bateau abandonné et dont l’aspect gore robotique est très réussi. Un film sous-évalué. (15/01/2020)