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Virus Movie Review

Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin
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Review Summary
VIRUS is a movie directed by John Bruno in 1999.

Donald Sutherland and his crew manage to reach the eye of the typhoon Leia in the middle of the South Pacific ocean in order to examine the condition of their ship. There, they find a Russian scientific boat which seems abandoned. Once on board of this ship, they are attacked by robots built by an alien intelligence. The members of the group will be killed one by one by those robots.

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Donald Sutherland and Jamie Lee Curtis lead a team of tugboat operators. They get caught in a storm and lose their tow. Sutherland stands to lose thousands and he will probably have to declare bankruptcy. But when the storm calms they find a large Russian scientific ship that is drifting. No one seems to be aboard. This could save the captain, as he could make millions in salvage operations on this technical ship. But something stands in his way. Somehow aliens have taken over the ship--an alien made of electrical current, that needs computers to live. The tugboat operators soon find themselves fighting robotic alien life forms to stay alive.
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A group of sailors come across an abandoned Russian Vessel. On board they find that an alien has taken over the ship and uses machines and humans to do its killing. The crew must escape the ship before its spreads throughout the world.
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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 70%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%




**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - science fiction story
What is main char. doing? - rescue mission/escape from confinement
Robots & Computers & VR Yes
Plotlet: - fighting harmful robot(s)
Horror film? Yes
Kind of Horror Story - why do we stay in the haunted ship?

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type - average (woman)
Events of movie makes character more... - tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair style - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - average build (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th century (1970's to Present)
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Water? Yes

Style
Tone of movie - fearful
Any profanity? - Occasional swearing
Kinds of F/X - Things that change shape/morph - exploding bombs - exotic aliens - nasty human transformations
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