laughable and extremely poorly script and act effort about a small crew board what seem to be a dead huge russian science ship that have be take over by an alien life form in the form of electrical current . the small crew from the other ship quickly find out that board the ship be a bad idea and and soon they begin to and i know this will surprise you and . die . okay and for starter the film be very derivative of other film and most notably alien with the same premise of a small group investigate a large foreign vessel and ultimately lead by a strong female protagonist . ther be many other obvious similarity and but time and a total lack of desire to rehash that drivel must excuse me . i could live with a less than original story if it have some good dialog and some character you might give a hoot about and but virus have none of that . jamie lee curtis do a serviceable job at best and give the film best performance and but that be not say anything a virtually everyone else be just awful . this be a surprise when one see donald sutherland name attach to this project . i have never see him give quite a bad a performance a he do in virus . he go for every cliché and stereotype of an old sea captain save a wooden leg and a parrot on his shoulder . the accent he use i find excruciate . the rest of the crew have a group of guy that you will not care about in the least . none of the guy can act . this apply mostly to male lead wiulliam baldwin who look like he be lose at sea play an actor . the script aid the actor in be inadequate a half the time it just make no sense and other time begin to show promise and end abruptly . wow and the way jamie lee curtis get out of a jam near the film end be so ridiculous . what about the captain and why he be almost go to shoot himself in the beginning of the picture . what be that all about . it be never bring up again . what do virus have go for it . it be the very embodiment of mindless entertainment with almost no thinking require . the special effect be pretty good too . but for me the film be a great big let down . not that i be expect something great and but i be expect something suspenseful . i be laugh and turn my head a lot more time in this one then i be on the edge of my seat except when i be ready to turn the movie off .