Review of Virus (1980) Kinji Fukusaku's Apocalypse Epic
VIRUS-1980 DIRECTOR- KINJI FUKUSAKU WHAT IS IT ABOUT? A Virus designed with the intent of being a Bioweapon accidentally leaks killing off almost the entire world Human population, with the only survivors being the Scientists working in the cold of Antarctica. And as they try to find a cure, another unexpected threat threatens to derail them. ------------------------------------------------------- S tarting off in 1983, the movie takes us straight to the aftermath of what the world has been through in 1982, the year the virus was unleashed as we follow a submarine on an expedition to Japan witnessing the entire population wiped out a fate shared by the rest of the world barring the Scientists working in Antarctica. And then in a flashback, we see the events leading up to it. The ambitions of Virus are staggering. Reportedly the costliest Japanese production of its time, the story incorporates a global worldview to the spread of the Virus, and although Japan is featured, a significa