Virus

This film has a basis in a solid script, and good actors. SPOILER ALERT: this movie is too optimistic because it suggests that human error will be our downfall. In 2024, we have learned that pure evil is in charge of the world and wants to reset it. In 2024, we have learned that there is a deliberate plan to depopulate the Earth of humans. The plan is described in The Georgia Guidestones, on the Illuminati symbols on the back of the $1 bill, the Round Table meetings in the 1970’s, the 1870 letter of Albert Pike to Mazzini describing the three World Wars and the rise of the Luciferian World Order, hundreds of books have been published. People simply refuse to believe it.

A good news, everyone: Amazon has now carries the newly published original Sakyo Komatsu's 'VIRUS,' has been translated into English on a hard cover book format. Look for and find it in Amazon's literature section or in the recomemdations or the related matterial section at the bottom or above this review section.Now, this is the point where my original revew begins:Please DO NOT under rate the movie 'VIRUS' before you watch this DVD. It's an almost completely new movie with much greater in geological, scientifical, and even political aspects of the decade of '80s. For those of you have been deeply disappointed by the erlier, edited, shortened version of the film, now it's the time to fully appriciate the movie.I really feel relieved when I watched this DVD, which had been professionally prepared from the original Japanese mortion picture released back in 1982 in such a superb quality, knowing this the the way in which everyone of us should have watched. The DVD presentation contains the entire 156 minutes of the original Japanese feature length of the same tittle based on the late famous Japanese Science Fiction writer Mr. Sakyo Komatsu of 'Sinking of Japan' in the late 1970s.The aspect ratio of the DVD image is the right match of the original movie, as well as the entire original sound track of music scores of Italian composer of Teo Masero. The scerenaries of the Antartica are brathtaking and absolutely beautiful. I believe this is the first comarcially produced movie/drama shot on locationed there, with full cooperation of Chillian Navy submarine: Yes, that sub was a real one! Sound quality was good, too.Speaking of the music, I must point out the fact that the beautiful and very lyrical original theme song of the movie was written and sung by Janis Ian. Listening into her song alone might bring tears in your eyes. It's that emortional song and music.I do recomend this DVD to everyone or anyone, especially to whom thought the 'VIRUS' was a less important SciFi movie made with a B- or C-level or less-than-the average production. I asure you that it would give you a whole new impression of the movie. One last note: Please remember this fact that the original novel on which this movie was based, was written about some 40(yes, that's right, fourty) years ago: It was when no one cared or even knew about a biological warfare or the pandemic using or caused by a simple virus. I think it was written even before 'The Andromeda Strain" by Micheal Criton in the late '60s or the early '70s. The entire story and all events were taken place inside of one geneus, a science fiction writer called Sakyo Komatsu.

My only complaint about 'Virus' is that I got a copy that was shortened by a good 40-plus minutes and is not in widescreen ... and so at times it felt like I was watching a pan and scan movie that had been liberally edited. However, the good news is that 'Virus', even suffering from these handicaps, is still good. The movie (made in the great decade of movies like this -- the 80s) involves the theft and eventual accidental release of a virus so lethal, it wipes out everyone in the world ... except for a few explorers and military types in the arctic. These survivors must band together and find ways to keep going. The great twist is that, in the 80s, many nations didn't get along but still had exploration stations grouped near one another in the arctic ... Russians and South Americans and French and Americans must fight their dislike for each other and learn to, well, get along. And that proves to be really fascinating, especially when a Russian commander orders the destruction of one of his own submarines because it might be infected -- and so the Americans gladly help out by torpedoing the sub to the bottom of the ocean (who said the Americans and Russians couldn't get along). This movie is a whos who of disaster movie royalty -- George Kennedy (and let's be honest, if it has George Kennedy, you know you're gonna like it), Chuck Connors (being manlier than man), Henry Silva (the budget movie weirdo), Glenn Ford and Robert Vaughn and Olivia Hussey (sadly Olivia is kind of wasted in this one, but she's still beautiful ... just the kind of woman you want to gaze upon as a deadly virus wipes out the planet). This is a Japanese movie and so the metaphysics and the actual action get mixed up into something that kind of resembles poetry some times. The other times, the movie has you riveted as it moves along at a breakneck pace (part of that pacing may be the 40 minutes of editing). Again, a widescreen version of this obviously epic movie would have been nice, as well as the entire movie ... but for the price and for the resulting movie, it is still a good deal. And again, it's got George Kennedy ... the grand old man of disaster. That's worth a look.

I was thrilled to not only find this DVD listed here, but to find the uncut, 155 minute version. But unfortunately, even though it is listed on the package, and on this site, as 155 minutes, it isn't -- this is the 103 minute international cut of the film. Still, this is a great film, and includes the dialog with the corpses in the church that was cut from the television version. I just wish someone would release the Japanese cut on DVD in the U.S.The quality of this DVD isn't so great. The picture is grainy and the sound isn't very good. But it's not terrible, and again, I was happy just to get this film on DVD.If anyone knows where I can get the 155 minute version on Region 1 DVD, please let me know!

best end of world movie made, bit dated but good.

It's okay by the time it was made,but now it is updated,the quality of the movie is so and so.The plot is moyen,i would not recommend it unless you like old movies.I said some classical are a lot better than that one.

En fait il a existé une version doublé pour le Canada, j'ai vu ce film pour la premiere fois aux dossiers de l'ecran, tres bien fais.

Bon film catastrophe japonais avec des acteurs internationaux. Malheureusement, cette édition-ci est fortement amputée par rapport au Blu-ray japonais. Il manque en effet...48 minutes!!! D'où les trois étoiles plutôt que 4 ou 5 comme le film le mériterait.L'image n'est pas mieux. Je conseillerais donc d'attendre une prochaine édition ou de se procurer le blu-ray japonais qui est superbe...Mais malheureusement pas sous-titré (ceci-dit, la plupart des dialogues sont en anglais).

Ein Katastrophenfilm aus dem Jahr 1982, der die Angst und Sinnlosigkeit politischen und Kriegstreibenden Machenschaften gut hervorkehrt. Die Schauspieler sind bemüht das Grauen gut herüberzubekommen, dennoch vermochte die Regie nicht, die Filmspannung durch entsprechendes Tempo aufrechtzuerhalten (nicht umsonst floppte dieser japanische Streifen in den Kinos). Und dennoch hat dieser apokalyptische Film vieles, was durch eine Weltweite Pandemie ausgelöst werden könnte, bis hin zur Verzweiflung des letzten Menschen auf dieser Welt.Ich schließe mich der Rezension von trikeride an, die englische Fassung ist wirklich an Bild- und Tonqualität nicht zu unterbieten. Auch ist die englische Film-Fassung für den internationalen Markt auf 108 Minuten geschnitten. Habe die Science Fiction Box von MIG gekauft und war über die Bild- und Tonqualität sehr überrascht. Auch die Filmfassung von 114 Minuten ist zwar deutlich länger, aber uncut ist auch diese Version leider nicht. Uncut wäre der Film nämlich 162 Minuten lang.