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One of the best and most underrated movie in history

posted 17 years ago by xcOxCoXco
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I can't believe this film has a vote lower than 5. How is that possible? This movie provides for some good entertainment, good action, good acting and an awesome plot. When you put all that together you get blast of a movie, like Virus. Which is why I gave it a 10. This movie is now one of the best horror-action films out there. There is another awesome movie out there this is similiar to this one. Deep Rising. That film is another underrated film, but nonetheless one of the greatest monster movies in history, to which I proceeded to hand a score of 10.

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[–] Alien_Zombie 16 years ago

Hell yeah!!! Long live to VIRUS.

It deserved at least 6.0

[–] macabre-6 16 years ago

Virus is a great, fun popcorn sci-fi/horror movie. Definitely underrated.

[–] eddy23 16 years ago

Exactly What I thought !! What is wrong with these people, It was an entertaining flick ?

4.3 Wtf? There are definately movies out there way worse then this with a better rating

[–] Strazdamonas 16 years ago

its because a whole bunch of *beep* are rating it 1 when they have not even saw it.

[–] antdpitt 16 years ago

i agree... this film actually scares me by the fact that its very claustrophobic and if these aliens get you,you die horribly......infact ever since i saw it on tv ive wanted to get the dvd but i just havnt seen it anywhere......this is one of those films that when you watch it you get so into it that you feel your actually there cringing at every time you see the characters nearly getting there arse slaughtered then gasping with relief when they get away just in time.....

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[–] redrodlrowwen 16 years ago

Well, the title is slightly over the top but I did like this feature. It was original and tense and it made the viewer feel uncomfortable. Did anyone else feel like this?

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[–] Janebo 15 years ago

Maybe because the actors themselves bashed it & said it was complete s h i t?

Don't get me wrong, I liked it too and think it deserves better than a 4.3 (the rating at the time of this message)---but a "10"? It wasn't that good...

wooOOooo

[–] redrodlrowwen 15 years ago

You get the feeling that feelings altered after the profits, or lack of. Shame really. If this was made in the 60's, it would have been considered original, raw and a classic.

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[–] Gooyers38 15 years ago

This movie is at least decent. Not even close to being "one of the best movie in history" as the OP claims, but not terrible, not even bad really.

Well produced, decent special effects, acting and plot, solid entertainment value. Reminds me of a lot of survival horror video games. I understand it was a flop financially though, so that's probably why people rate it low. They haven't actually seen it.

[–] Jazzie3789 14 years ago

I agree with you on Deep Rising but this film.......I thought I was settling down to get something like Deep Rising but I was horribly sent out. Good acting is the ONLY thing that this film has going for it. The "Alien" isn't even really an alien it's more like a wack version of terminator machines which is neither scary, chilling, mysterious, or any other adjetive I'd like to feel watching these type of movies. It's sad because the movie could have been a thousand times better, easily.

Where have all the good writers gone?

[–] thejudge1964 14 years ago

I can't believe this film has a vote lower than 5. How is that possible? This movie provides for some good entertainment, good action, good acting and an awesome plot. When you put all that together you get blast of a movie, like Virus. Which is why I gave it a 10. This movie is now one of the best horror-action films out there. There is another awesome movie out there this is similar to this one. Deep Rising. That film is another underrated film, but nonetheless one of the greatest monster movies in history, to which I proceeded to hand a score of 10.

Hilarious! It was a solid enough entertainment, although it stretched credibility toward the end. Boy, Hollywood just keeps grinding these things out, like rotted sausage!

[–] razkazz 14 years ago

I saw it in the theater when I was like 13 and it was a blast. Storywise it falls just short of awesome, unlike Deep Rising, which was perfect. Virus' creature effects are great though and it's one of the better and more original entries in the monster/action genre. It could've used a stronger ending, but it's still undeniably fun to watch.

[–] thejudge1964 14 years ago

Re: One of the best and most underrated movie in history
by - razkazz on Thu Jul 22 2010 13:22:26
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I saw it in the theater when I was like 13 and it was a blast. Story-wise it falls just short of awesome, unlike Deep Rising, which was perfect. Virus' creature effects are great though and it's one of the better and more original entries in the monster/action genre. It could've used a stronger ending, but it's still undeniably fun to watch.

The key words in your post is "fun to watch". So as long as you enjoyed the ride you were entertains, as I was when I saw it in the theater. Was it a Blockbuster type movie/ Certainly not, but as long as it entertained it was successful!

Good call!

[–] Naturezrevenge 12 years ago

I too loved this film - specially the 'Chop Shop' and cyborgs. Good popcorn!

[–] Jerry-137 11 years ago

If you break down the vote (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120458/ratings) it shows it is rated slightly below average by all groups.

Votes Average
Males 10987 4.7
Females 1156 4.7
Aged under 18 26 3.4
Males under 18 23 3.3
Females under 18 3 4.7
Aged 18-29 4128 4.9
Males Aged 18-29 3741 4.9
Females Aged 18-29 387 4.6
Aged 30-44 6179 4.5
Males Aged 30-44 5683 4.5
Females Aged 30-44 496 4.5
Aged 45+ 1703 4.9
Males Aged 45+ 1474 4.9
Females Aged 45+ 229 5.2
IMDb staff 4 4.5
Top 1000 voters 462 4.5
US users 3879 4.5
Non-US users 8264 4.7

IMDb users 16682 4.7

However, a comparison between the 1 & 2 ratings and 9 & 10 show that many more people had a stronger dislike than like; 13.9% vs. 4.6%. Even if you throw out the the bottom 1 & 2 voters and the 9 & 10 it just barely makes an average rating of 5% which is a good indication of overall quality of the film. I guess Jamie was about right on her own review and should have better knowledge of all aspects of the film. It would have been better if she had stated what parts were "sh*t", acting, plot, graphics, directing, etc.

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[–] lillerotta 10 years ago

I agree it`s underrated, but a 10? i give it 7/10

[–] Thenewnexus 10 years ago

I gave it a 7 as well

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