Вирус: Сәтсіздікке ұшыраған ғылыми-қорқыныш фильмі

1999 science fiction horror film directed by John Bruno

Several lines of dialogue in Virus were improvised. For instance, Richie's emphatic comment that the Volkov has a "fucked up" antenna resulted from the actor's surprise at the condition of the Vandenberg.

Virus was a critical and commercial flop, grossing less than half of its budget and earning negative reviews. Based on 49 reviews, the film holds a 12% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 3.4/10. The site's consensus states: "Despite its great special effects, this movie's predictability greatly undermines its intensity." On Metacritic, it holds a weighted average score of 19 out of 100 based on 17 reviews, indicating "overwhelming dislike". Most critics found the film derivative and unoriginal. Reviewers pointed out similarities with the 1998 film Deep Rising. Roger Ebert gave Virus an even lower rating than Deep Rising, which he considered one of the worst films of 1998 and placed on his most hated list. Many echoed his complaint about the underlit cinematography. Jamie Lee Curtis herself did not think highly of the film. In an IGN. com interview, Curtis had the following to say about Virus: "That would be the all time piece of shit It's just dreadful That's the only good reason to be in bad movies. Then when your friends have [bad] movies you can say 'Ahhhh, I've got the best one.' I'm bringing Virus". Curtis also stated in the commentary track of the 2014 Shout Factory Blu ray release of Halloween H20 that she tried to get the director (John Bruno) fired because of how bad she thought the film was." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C" on an A+ to F scale.

A line of action figures, the Virus Collector Series, was developed by ReSaurus to promote the film. The line included figures of Foster, Baker, Richie, Captain Everton, Captain Alexi, Squeaky and the Goliath Machine (the Goliath set also included a Nadia figure). The captains and Squeaky were built with their cyborg implants, with parts included to restore their human appearance. All of the sets, excluding Goliath and Nadia's, included one or more firearms for their figure. Goliath also featured three sound clips of his lines from the film. A Europe only tie in game, Virus: It is Aware, was also developed and published by Cryo Interactive for the Sony PlayStation. The game is a survival horror title akin to Resident Evil in concept and to Tomb Raider in control. The game had little to do with the film, apart from the introduction and ending cinematics, which feature creatures infesting a ship and a space station, respectively. The actual game follows a female police officer, Joan, trapped in an infested hotel along with her partner Sutter. The game is generally poorly regarded and has since fallen into obscurity. The original comics were re released in graphic novel format with alternate cover artwork based on the film's climax. A novelization written by author S. D. Perry was also published.