Daniel Kremer on VIRUS

Produced in 1980, Kinji Fukasaku’s apocalyptic downer peers into the distant future of 1982 to imagine a virus wiping out the earth’s population. A number of civilians and military stationed in Antarctica survive—the plague can’t operate in cold temperatures. Fukasaku’s movie boasts a cast worthy of an Irwin Allen disaster movie, toplined by Sonny Chiba, Glenn Ford, and Chuck Conners. The American cut features a pessimistic finale while the Japanese version concludes on a more hopeful note.

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[kylecurry]

Virus is a guilty pleasure. Watch the long/ full version. One of the best disater movies made.

[fredleejohnsonjrthe]

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[waynedaly]

Great movie, Japan cut is by far better than the half American cut