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Saturday, October 11, 2014

Virus (1980)

A Japanese science fiction film directed by Kinji Fukasaku, starring Sonny Chiba, Glenn Ford and Chuck Connors.
A deadly flu virus is developed in a laboratory and illegally sold. When it is released, the majority of the Earth's population is infected. A small group of people congregate in Antarctica. Upon learning that an earthquake is about to set off nuclear weapons, teams are dispatched to disarm the weapons before the earthquake happens.
The plot was apocalyptic and epic in scope, but there were no consistent characters. The style wasn't too bad and the audio and video were of adequate quality. I think that they reached too big on this movie and made it dehumanizing and impersonal. It was all about global events and heads of governments talking out plans in disaster situations. If they had followed a set of characters through this ordeal, it might have been good. As it is, I can't really praise it. I rate this o.k. You might not want to watch it.

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