Virus (1999 film)

Virus - Ship of No Return is an American science fiction action horror thriller from Universal Studios, United International Pictures, Mutual Film Company, Dark Horse Entertainment and Valhalla Motion Pictures from 1999 directed by John Bruno. . The film is based on the four-part Dark Horse comic -book series " virus " by Chuck Pfarrer.

Action

An alien energy life form takes over, derived via satellite dishes on the MIR to the earth, the control of the Russian military research ship " Akademic Vladislov Volkov " and recycles its crew. The geratenen by a typhoon in distress crew of the U.S. trailing cutter " Sea Star " accidentally discovered this research vessel in the eye of tropical storm. On board you will find a researcher as the last surviving crew member. The rest of the film is about the struggle for survival of these sailors and women and the attempt of the alien life form, transform them into cyborgs. The life form, casually referred to as " thinking flash " sees people as a kind of virus that threatens the Earth, but consists of useful materials such as nerves and " oxygenated tissue ." Finally, Steve Foster and succeed to escape from the research vessel after it has been destroyed. As is emphasized in the course of action that electricity grounded when hitting water and is thus made 'harmless', the viewer can come from the death of the life form.

Reviews

" Very cruel special effects -Build sci-fi horror film, give rise to no sympathy whose cartoon-like characters and looking its voltage in vain obtrusive music and predictable chases. "

" The title of virus, in the data processing now just as common term such as in medicine, expresses the ambivalence of a man-machine admirably made ​​; on the other hand, he reverses the perspective of the viewer by spreading the word in the film does not indicate the threat, but the threat identification object: namely humans. As the electronic Alien explains his victims by screen dialogue, man is nothing other than an interfering and therefore auszuschaltender virus. This humanity nightmare to be eventually classified and destroyed by perfect and all-powerful machines as uncertainty, John Bruno has packed into a crude Hollywood mainstream, which sounds sometimes naive to hair-raising. Despite or perhaps because like him, who wants to find social-psychological revealing -. , Or just chat only fairly exciting and can be enjoyed by the many pleasant biomechanical Ekelspielchen "

Trivia

  • In addition to two episodes of the series Star Trek: Voyager virus is the first and only directorial effort from John Bruno. He also led the special effects on virtually all the films of James Cameron and last of Alien vs. Predator (2004) and X -Men: The Last Stand (2006).
  • The screenplay Chuck Pfarrer designed in the early 1990s. Because he held at that time, however, a movie due to the necessary special effects for not feasible, he released an eponymous comic book series. When the technique was perfected for the special effects, pastor wrote to his original screenplay.
1999 in film John Bruno (special effects) Gale Anne Hurd Film score Joel McNeely David Eggby Alien vs. Predator (Film)
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