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Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2023 6:57 am Post subject: Virus (1980) |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus_(1980_film)
Quote: | Virus, known in Japan as Fukkatsu no Hi (????, lit. "Day of Resurrection"), is a 1980 Japanese post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Kinji Fukasaku.[3][4] Based on Sakyo Komatsu's 1964 novel of the same name,[1] the film stars an international ensemble cast featuring Masao Kusakari, Sonny Chiba, George Kennedy, Robert Vaughn, Chuck Connors, Olivia Hussey, Edward James Olmos, Glenn Ford, and Henry Silva.
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In 1982, a shady transaction is occurring between an East German scientist, Dr. Krause, and a group of Americans involving a substance known as MM88. MM88 is a deadly virus, created accidentally by an American geneticist, that amplifies the potency of any other virus or bacterium it comes into contact with. The Americans recover the virus sample, which was stolen from a lab in the US the year before, but the virus is accidentally released after the plane transporting it crashes, creating a pandemic initially known as the "Italian Flu".
Within seven months, virtually all the world's population has died off. However, the virus is inactive at temperatures below -10 degrees Celsius, and the polar winter has spared the 855 men and eight women stationed in Antarctica. The British nuclear submarine HMS Nereid joins the scientists after sinking a Soviet submarine whose infected crew attempts to make landfall near Palmer Station. |
Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_r_JzXv0M4
Feature in high definition:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s24WYsfnmq8 |
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