Virus

Virus is a 1999 science fiction-horror film directed by visual effects artist John Bruno and starring Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin and Donald Sutherland. The film is based on a Dark Horse comic book of the same name by Chuck Pfarrer. The film opens with the Russian space station Mir being struck by a powerful electrical surge, which is then transmitted to the large Russian research ship Akademik Vladislav Volkov. The ship is disabled and all... more

Virus is a 1999 science fiction-horror film directed by visual effects artist John Bruno and starring Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin and Donald Sutherland. The film is based on a Dark Horse comic book of the same name by Chuck Pfarrer. The film opens with the Russian space station Mir being struck by a powerful electrical surge, which is then transmitted to the large Russian research ship Akademik Vladislav Volkov. The ship is disabled and all on board apparently abandon ship. Later, in a storm, the tugboat Sea Star, captained by Robert Everton (Donald Sutherland), loses its uninsured cargo, which was the captain's last chance to get out of debt. The tugboat crew happens upon the derelict and decide the ship, loaded with valuable electronics, would be worth a small fortune in salvage. The crew finds all the transmission equipment totaled, and decide to restore power so they can move the ship. As they restore power, the ship's anchor inexplicably drops onto the tug boat, destroying... less